“My key to living an inspired life involves Embracing my history, Understanding the function of expectations and gently learning to have none; Recognizing the power of attentive and conscious choices. In all circumstances I acknowledge this, IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS, I HAVE CHOICE. My choice resides in my perspective. While I certainly do not control climate and markets and roadways and others, I do control myself and my response to all those circumstances. I do indeed.” WayChoicesUnderstandingLearningPerspectiveKeysCircumstancesExpectationsConsciousAll ThingsFunctionClimateResponseInspiredAcknowledgeRecognizingControl Myself Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Every entrepreneur faces trade-offs when founding and growing their company. As we discovered at YouTube, those early decisions have far-reaching impacts and lead to unforeseen pitfalls down the road. Noam Wasserman uses vivid anecdotes and deep research to expertly outline the key early choices that define a startup, making The Founder's Dilemmas an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error.” WorldRealUseFacesChoicesDecisionCompanyGrowingKeysResearchTradeImpactEntrepreneurErrorsTrialsAlternativesReachingReal WorldFoundersFoundingVividFalling DownYoutubeDilemmaOutlinesDown The RoadInvaluableAnecdotesTrial And ErrorPitfallsUnforeseenTrade Offs Author:Chad Hurley
“Spend some effort in figuring out why each decision did or did not pan out. Doing that systematically is key: really try to question the way you make decisions, and improve it.” WayTryingChoicesDecisionEffortKeys Author:Daniel Kahneman
“If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.” IfsFirstsChoicesKeysBirdCommandIf I CouldSecond Choice Author:Nikki Giovanni
“Choice is the key, because human beings are the only creatures who can choose to evolve, who can shape their destiny. Furthermore, we have been given the gift of "self-awareness," which allows us to step back into our true selves to observe and use our brains to create the world we wish to live in.” WorldHumansHas BeensSelfUseChoicesGivenWishHuman BeingsBrainStepsDestinyAwarenessKeysShapesCreaturesSelf AwarenessEvolveTrue Self Author:Deepak Chopra
“Sound continues to be a mystery to me, in that one could create infinite songs focusing on the same subject, but depending on the melody, instrument choice, minor or major key, time signature, etc., each song could elicit an entirely different response.” DifferentSongChoicesSoundMysterySubjectsKeysMajorsInfiniteInstrumentsResponseEtcMelodyMinorsSignatures Author:Josh Garrels
“One's own free unfettered choice, one's own caprice-however wild it may be, one's own fancy worked up at times to frenzy-is that very "most advantageous advantage" which we have overlooked, which comes under no classification and against which all systems and theories are continually being shattered to atoms... [an]will attain his object-that is, convince himself he is a man and not a piano-key!” MenMayChoicesObjectsTheoryKeysAdvantagePianoFancyConvinceAtomsShatteredOverlookedFrenzyClassificationCapricePiano KeysNotes From The Underground Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“If a parent wants to choose where their kid goes to school, they can either fork over a whole bunch of money in tuition for private school or they can buy a new house near the school of their choice. And it's driving up property prices in certain key areas. When you stop and think about it, that's kind of ridiculous.” IfsThinkingWantKindWholeKidsSchoolCertainChoicesHouseParentKeysAreasPropertyRidiculousDrivingBunchForksTuitionPrivate School Author:Amelia Warren Tyagi