“While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While business takes chances, charity is expected to be cautious. We measure the success of businesses over the long term, but we want our gratification in charity immediately. We are taught that a return on investment should be offered for making consumer goods, but not for making a better world.” WorldWantShouldLongTermChanceTaughtReturnDollarsGuiltCharityInvestmentExpectedConsumersLong TermGoodsTake A ChanceGratificationCautiousBe CautiousReturn On Investment Book:Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential Source: Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential
“If you call a hundred dollars but have a chance to win $10,000, those are excellent odds if you are at a table with people who have two aces or two kings. If you catch a flop you will get all their chips. I just play them because there is value.” PeopleIfsTwoPlayValuesWinningChanceKingsHundredTablesDollarsExcellentOddsChipsAces Author:Daniel Negreanu
“...we're going to be in an economic slowdown for a couple of years. So to take three months, four months, six months to spend this money the right way-we're not going to get a chance to spend a trillion dollars again! Ever. So let's do it the right way.” WayYearsThreeChanceFourEconomicMonthsCoupleSixDollarsRight WaySix MonthsThree Months Author:Van Jones