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“At Zappos, one of our core values is to Pursue Growth and Learning. In the lobby of our headquarters, we have a giving library where we give away books to employees and visitors that we think will help with their growth, both personally and professionally. I can't wait to add The Compound Effect to our library.”

Thinking Giving I Can Book Helping Values Waiting Growth Effects Add Library Core Pursue Employee Compounds Visitors Core Values Headquarters

Author:Tony Hsieh

“I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.”

Thinking Knows Years Shows Sound Growth Growing Plans Grew Grew Up Cat Albums Fades Fourth

Author:Young Jeezy

“I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is mass psychology.... Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda. Of these the most influential is what is called 'education.' Religion plays a part, though a diminishing one; the press, the cinema, and the radio play an increasing part.... It may be hoped that in time anybody will be able to persuade anybody of anything if he can catch the patient young and is provided by the State with money and equipment.”

Source: The Impact of Science On Society

“I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better.”

Thinking Process Growth Brain Accepting Embrace Accepting Change Embrace Change

Author:Diane Keaton

“We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.”

Thinking Needs Long Growth Term Economic Produce Foundation Strategy Investment Bridges Long Term Infrastructure Strategic Stimulants

Author:Roger McNamee

“I don't think pain is a prerequisite for growth, but on the other hand, most of us choose very painful ways to learn.”

Thinking Way Hands Pain Growth Painful Prerequisites

Author:Marianne Williamson

“An entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself. An artist is on a journey: they don't know where they're going, what is going to happen, but they know they are not there yet, and there is some continuity and growth. I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.”

Thinking Knows World Trying Happens Artist Growth Journey Please Comic Performing Continuity Entertainers Filters

Author:George Carlin

“The export of oil, the export of minerals, will for many decades continue to be a critical part for the growth of African economies. The emphasis is on diversification. We have for many years - not just in South Africa but in many parts of the continent - spoken about beneficiation. And I think part of the secret, in relation to beneficiation, is you have got to make it attractive, profitable for the private sector - and it will take off. You may have to look at mechanisms like tax concessions... You will not have to worry about beneficiation if it makes commercial sense.”

“You think the shadow is the substance.”

Thinking Spiritual Growth Shadow Substance Spiritual Growth

Book:The Pocket Rumi

Source: The Pocket Rumi

“Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are valuing things that have not yet happened, and the likelihood of the CEO and team being able to make them happen. Finance people find this appalling, but investors who do this well can make a lot of money.”

People Thinking Wells Happens Able Growth Happened Team Talent Products Skills Smart Bottom Investing Size Finance Investors Lots Of Money Ceo Likelihood

Author:Marc Andreessen

“Since the only way you are going to find solutions to painful problems is by thinking deeply about them - i.e., reflecting - if you can develop a knee-jerk reaction to pain that is to reflect rather than to fight or flee, it will lead to your rapid learning/evolving.”

Ifs Thinking Way Life Problem Pain Fighting Growth Solutions Personal Growth Investing Painful Reactions Evolve Knees Rapids Reflecting Jerk Knee Jerk Reactions Thinking Deeply

Author:Ray Dalio

“People who excel at book learning tend to call up from memory what they have learned in order to follow stored instructions. Others who are better at internalized learning use the thoughts that flow from their subconscious. The experienced skier doesn't recite instructions on how to ski and then execute them; rather, he does it well "without thinking," in the same way he breathes without thinking. Understanding these differences is essential.”

People Thinking Way Life Wells Doe Book Use Order Understanding Growth Differences Memories Essentials Flow Personal Growth Investing Breathe Instruction Subconscious Skis Skiers Book Learning

Author:Ray Dalio

“When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress.”

“Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing that you don't know something is nearly as valuable as knowing it. The worst situation is thinking you know something when you don't.”

Thinking Knows Life Asks Easy Growth Situation Opinion Knowing Worst Produce Personal Growth Investing Valuable Worst Situation

Author:Ray Dalio

“When you think that it's too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is a lot easier than being unsuccessful”

Thinking Life Long Hard Running Remember Growth Successful Easier Personal Growth Investing Long Runs Unsuccessful

Author:Ray Dalio

“If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Growth Rooms Careers Greatness Bows Complacent

Author:Taraji P. Henson

“I think we need to lift our spirits and have high, lofty expectations for this great country of ours.The new normal of two percent [growth] that the left is saying you can't do anything about is so dangerous for our country.”

Thinking Needs Two Country Spirit Left Growth Dangerous Normal Expectations Percent Our Country Lifts Lofty Great Country New Normal

Author:Jeb Bush

“I'm a perfectionist; there's always something we need to improve upon, and I think that's a really healthy model for artistic growth and progressing. I'm not ready for a masterpiece.”

Thinking Needs Growth Progress Ready Healthy Models Artistic Masterpiece Perfectionist Not Ready

Author:Michael Angelakos

“I enjoy growth; I enjoy having a lot of different experiences. And I don't think I am the kind of guy who'd like to do the same thing every day for 40 years.”

Thinking Years Kind Different Guy Enjoy Growth Different Experiences

Author:John Fugelsang

“Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don't have a chance to move up.”

People Thinking Feels Important Seems Moving Growth Community Chance Deals Economic Keys Shadow Fairs Minorities Reach Out Economic Growth

Author:John Kasich

“Adolescence is interesting. I mean, all of life is interesting and all of life is transitionary. But I think there is an exponential growth physically, intellectually, emotionally and there is so much potential.”

Thinking Mean Life Is Growth Interesting Adolescence Exponential Growth

Author:Bill Henson

“I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are all kind of people in it. It's showing growth, and in today's world there are so many outlets.”

People Thinking World Looks Kind Character Today Black Growth White Wonderful All Kinds African American Wonderful Things Outlets Today's World American Character

Author:Darius McCrary

“I don't think that it's appropriate for the government to say, in effect, we're going to slow down the growth of housing or that we're going to slow down the extension of the highway and the freeway system.”

Thinking Government Growth Effects Appropriate Extensions Slow Down Highways Housing Freeways

Author:George Deukmejian

“The question I'm constantly asking myself is: what are we afraid of? I think it's important for us to follow that line of fear, because that is ultimately our line of growth.”

Thinking Important Growth Lines Asking

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“The need of the hour is to think big. The more we focus on skill, scale & speed, it will increase India's growth trajectory.”

Thinking Needs Bigs Motivation Growth Hours Focus Skills India Increase Speed Scales Think Big Trajectory

Author:Narendra Modi

“I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into peoples minds better than we Liberals.”

Thinking Mind Evil Growth Party Surround Socialist Hammers Socialist Party

Author:Charles Trevelyan

“For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.”

“In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here's a chance to grow.”

Thinking Grows Growth Challenges Chance Weakness Exciting Mindset Wow Threatening Growth Mindset

Author:Carol S. Dweck

“If coal wants a place in a carbon-constrained future, they have to look at technology like this. And we think that our rule can help stimulate technology, growth, and innovation, bring those costs down, and allow coal a more stable opportunity to continue to be invested in.”

Ifs Thinking Want Looks Helping Opportunity Growth Technology Cost Innovation Down And Stable Carbon Coal

Author:Gina McCarthy

“I think it's absolutely fantastic to give the combination of the major structural element for the growth of a filmmaker. It's technical know-how, some money to get on with it, and the dream that he can always grow.”

Thinking Knows Giving Dream Grows Growth Know How Elements Majors Fantastic Combination Filmmaker

Author:Jihan El-Tahri

“I think we, especially in American culture, are so afraid to talk about death. And I'm not talking about literal death. I'm talking about shedding skin. I'm talking about rebirth, ultimately, and how we continue to change as human beings and continue to grow. There's that great Henry Miller quote, "All growth is a leap in the dark."”

Thinking Humans Culture Grows Growth Dark Human Beings Talking Skins Leap Rebirth American Culture Literal Not Talking

Author:Amber Tamblyn

“I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth.”

Thinking Needs Made Important Enough Growth Clear Discipline Tools Made It France Budgets Introducing Speculation Euro

Author:Francois Hollande

“I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.”

Thinking Stills Sides Growth Company Happenings Billions Staying Hitting Valuation

Author:David Sze

“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.”

“I think maybe 50 years ago people and businesses felt like they had to choose between maximizing profits and making customers happy or making employees happy, and I think we're actually living in a special time where everyone's hyperconnected, whether through Twitter or blogs and so on. Information travels so quickly that it's actually possible to have it all, to make customers happy through customer service, to make employees happy through strong company cultures, and have that actually drive growth and profits.”

People Thinking Years Culture Strong Felt Growth Company Special Information Years Ago Profit Customers Employee Blogs Company Culture Maximizing Special Times Actually Living

Author:Tony Hsieh

“Many upscale American parents somehow think jobs like their own are part of the nation's natural order. They are not. In Europe, they have already discovered that, and many there have accepted the new small-growth, small-jobs reality. Will we?”

Thinking Reality Jobs Order Nations Parent Growth Natural Europe Accepted Natural Order Small Jobs

Author:Daniel Henninger

“Just as a human soul that faces great difficulties also faces great opportunities for spiritual growth, so a human society that faces destruction also faces the opportunity to enter a period of renaissance. I think that, barring an accident, the wish to survive will keep us from a nuclear war.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a word his growth into spiritual consciousness by the development of his ordinary ignorant natural being into an illumined divine nature, this is for Indian thinking the significance of life and the aim of human existance.”

“I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.”

Thinking Should Ideas Certain Belief Growth Limits Progressive Permit Dogma New Ideas Anchors Stagnant

Author:Kevin Smith

“No leader or organization can achieve breakout growth until it treats, "we've always done it this way" as an opportunity to think anew rather than as a reason to stop thinking. Keep in mind, tradition should be a guide, not a jailer.”

Thinking Way Should Mind Reason Done Opportunity Growth Leader Achieve Tradition Organization Treats Guides Jailer

Author:Michael Josephson

“When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. And if I have a chance to matter to the growth and hopes and wishes of little girls, that's something I can't take lightly. So I do factor them in when I'm thinking about what to wear, and what to say, and whether or not to go out to bars even thought I'm not twenty-one.”

Ifs Thinking Years Littles Said I Can Matter Girl Wish Growth Chance Opinion Twenties My Favorite Singers Bars Factors Twenty One Favorite Singer

Author:Taylor Swift

“It's possible to see the whole human growth movement of the 1970s as a wish to continue the inward quest without having to put yourself on the line in the way you had to when you took 250 gamma of LSD. And I think all these other methods are efficacious, but I think it's the sheer power of the hallucinogens that puts people off.”

People Thinking Way Humans Whole Wish Growth Lines Movement Method Quests Inward Sheer Lsd Hallucinogens

Author:Terence McKenna

“Why is it that most of the folks I know think "personal growth" is caused entirely by those second and third helpings of biscuits and gravy?”

Thinking Knows Helping Growth Thirds Personal Growth Folks Biscuits Gravy

Author:Gene Simmons

“I think it’s really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you’re going to do.”

Thinking Trying Kind Important Actors Growth Audience Personal Growth Can Not Guessing

Author:Liev Schreiber

“I don't believe, in a show like ours, that you really want to see character growth. That's just my opinion. Maybe to a small degree, but nothing serious. To that end, it doesn't have the same importance that it would have, if you were on an hour-long show. I think an audience gets really hungry for a character to grow and change on an hour-long show, and I think I would be more antsy.”

Ifs Thinking Want Believe Long Ends Character Shows Would Be Grows Growth Hours Opinion Audience Serious Degrees Importance Don't Believe Hungry Get Real

Author:Ty Burrell

“I like playing... I don't know. I think that's what was really exciting about playing Knives, too, from the beginning was that you get to kind of do both of that. She's almost like two different people, but that's what's cool about it, because I get to show her growth and that's the thing that's really cool about Knives, you get to really see her grow up from being meek and innocent and naïve at the beginning to this powerful girl who is going for what she really believes in and what she really wants.”

People Thinking Knows Want Believe Kind Two Different Shows Girl Grows Growth Powerful Growing Up Exciting Innocent Knives Different Peoples Really Cool Being Me Meek

Author:Ellen Wong

“I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term.”

Thinking Growth Term Flats Short Term New Growth

Author:Philip Green

“I think we need to simplify our tax code, but not as a way of generating revenue, as a way of making our tax code more growth- friendly.”

Thinking Way Needs Growth Taxes Code Friendly Revenue Simplify

Author:Marco Rubio

“I think that, for a lot of us, the closer we get to showing people who we really are, that's where we feel the most uncomfortable, the most vulnerable. But it's also where the healthiest growth comes from. Like when I can really open myself up to someone and show someone who I really am, it's amazing when it happens.”

People Thinking Feels I Can Shows Happens Growth Vulnerable Uncomfortable

Author:Moby

“Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.”

Thinking Wells Growth Taxes Regulation

Author:Jeb Bush

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