“I've been told that certain species of fish will grow according to the size of their environment. Put them in a tiny aquarium, and they remain small even at adulthood. Release them into a huge natural body of water, and they grow into their intended size. People are similar. If they live in a harsh and limiting environment, they stay small. But put them someplace that encourages growth, and they will expand to reach their potential.” PeopleIfsBodyMotivationalCertainGrowsGrowthWaterNaturalEnvironmentHugeSpeciesSizeFishesTinyReleaseAdulthoodHarshAquariumsBodies Of Water Author:John C. Maxwell
“The factors that have been holding farmers back are similar to those that threaten other types of growth in Africa. Infrastructure and transport are in many cases quite poor, resulting in the losses of huge amounts of produce.” Has BeensGrowthLossPoorCasesProduceHugeTypeAmountFactorsFarmersInfrastructureTransport Author:Richard Attias
“There are several states that move from Karl Marx-like policies to Adam Smith-like policies and back again in a weekend. So for the states with huge volatility in their income tax policies over time, the differences in growth rates in those periods are really amazingly consistent with tax rates really mattering.” StatesMovingGrowthDifferencesPolicyHugePeriodsTaxesRateIncomeConsistentWeekendAdamIncome TaxBack AgainReally AmazingVolatility Author:Arthur Laffer
“Ironically, people who suppress the mini-confrontations for fear of conflict tend to have huge conflicts later, which can lead to separation, precisely because they let minor problems fester. On the other hand, people who address the mini-conflicts head-on in order to straighten things out tend to have the great, long-lasting relationships.” PeopleLifeLongProblemHandsOrderGrowthHugeConflictPersonal GrowthInvestingSeparationAddressesLastingMinorsConfrontationLong LastingLasting RelationshipLong Lasting Relationship Author:Ray Dalio
“So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources and outlast their customers and go belly-up. And that's why these huge companies have massive layoffs all the time.” IfsBigsGrowthBusinessCompanyHugeResourcesCustomersLengthMassiveBellyLayoff Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Successful investing is about owning businesses and reaping the huge rewards provided by the dividends and earnings growth of our nation's - and, for that matter, the world's - corporations.” WorldMatterNationsGrowthSuccessfulHugeRewardsInvestingCorporationsEarningDividendsSuccessful Investing Book:The John C. Bogle Reader Source: The John C. Bogle Reader
“In Egypt the neoliberal programs have meant statistical growth, like right before the Arab Spring, Egypt was a kind of poster child for the World Bank and the IMF [International Monetary Fund:] the marvelous economic management and great reform. The only problem was for most of the population it was a kind of like a blow in the solar plexus: wages going down, benefits being eliminated, subsidized food gone and meanwhile, high concentration of wealth and a huge amount of corruption.” WorldKindChildrenProblemGrowthWealthGoneEconomicHugeAmountBenefitsSpringProgramManagementInternationalPopulationBlowCorruptionReformConcentrationFundMarvelousEgyptWagesMonetaryPostersArab SpringImfWorld BankConcentration Of Wealth Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think the conventional wisdom is vastly true. There will be a huge growth in mobile, and this is something we are witnessing every day.” ThinkingGrowthHugeConventionalMobileConventional Wisdom Author:Maurice Levy
“But in general, as countries get wealthier, there's going to be more savings, which means you're going to have intermediation. So part of it is just the huge growth in wealth, and part of it was globalization - these companies, these clients getting much bigger and much more global.” MeanCountryGrowthWealthCompanyHugeBiggerSavingClientsGlobalizationSavings Author:Jamie Dimon
“Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago.” YearsGrowthHugeYears AgoPopulationJewIsraelWorriedFinishing Author:Meir Kahane
“Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.” MayGrowthHugeVolatilitySlow Growth Author:Jamie Dimon