“I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.” TryingBelieveHandsBigsRunningJobsYoungDesireI BelieveCompanyAdultsMarkStartingYoung AdultStrikesTraditionalConsistentlyStemGreat CompanyZuckerberg Author:Maynard Webb
“Last year, the journalist Malcolm Gladwell conducted a survey of chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies for his book Blink. He discovered that while in the US population 14.5 per cent of all men are 6ft (1.83m) or taller, among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies the proportion is 58 per cent. And while 3.9 per cent of American adults are 6ft 2in or taller, almost a third of the CEOs were that tall.” MenYearsBookLastsCompanyEvolutionAdultsThirdsFortunePopulationChiefsJournalistProportionExecutivesTallOfficersCentsLast YearCeoSurveysBlinkChief Executives Author:Daniel Finkelstein
“When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.” PeopleThinkingTryingHumansHelpingCareKidsMy OwnHuman BeingsCompanyMillionsCenturyCitizensSixHundredAdultsDollarsBillionsHelping OthersObligationSmokeSmokingI CareConvincingMillion DollarsTobacco Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Adult actors are really childish, and thats nice to be around when youre a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors company - which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.” ReasonBigsKidsWantedActorsCompanyNiceAdultsEnjoyedShallowPuddlesWorking For A Living Author:Jack Davenport
“A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.” InspirationalChildrenCompanyBoysAtheismSonAdultsIntelligentAverageTeensTeenageThank You Author:John B. S. Haldane
“Now, I don't mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. If you're not prepared to be wrong. And by the time they get to be adults, most kids have lost that capacity. They have become frightened of being wrong. And we run our companies like this, by the way, we stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make.” IfsKnowsWayMeanRunningKidsLostBusinessMistakeCompanyCreativeWorstAdultsCapacityOriginalsPreparedCome UpFrightenedWorst ThingsBe CreativeEducation SystemBeing Wrong Author:Ken Robinson