“The compulsion to do the opposite of what you are told does not lend itself to many occupations outside the entertainment industry. Within the industry, it is unlikely that you will be very successful without it.” DoeSuccessfulIndustryOppositesEntertainmentOccupationUnlikelyCompulsionEntertainment Industry Author:Greg Fitzsimmons
“You can have successful teams where people hate but deeply respect each other; the opposite (love but not respect among team members) is a recipe for disaster.” PeopleHateSuccessfulTeamMembersOppositesDisasterRecipesTeam MemberRespect Each OtherSuccessful Team Author:Max Levchin
“We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.” NeedsSometimesInspirationSuccessUnderstandingWomenDecisionBusinessAcceptingSuccessfulAcceptancePositiveFailureOppositesScrewsEmpowering WomenSuccess And FailureBeing A WomanPowerful WomenBusiness LeadersSuccess FailureScrew UpsInspirational WomenRight DecisionSuccessful WomenGreat WomenWomen PowerTough DecisionsBusiness WomanMake The Right DecisionWoman LeaderDefine Success Author:Arianna Huffington
“I have noticed a common denominator among my smart and successful single friends, who tend to over-analyze and underestimate the opposite sex far more than their peers.” SexCommonSuccessfulSmartOppositesPeersUnderestimateCommon Denominator Author:Lauren Iungerich
“Contrary to popular belief, a good number of transvestites-both male and female-are also heterosexual. Just because they want to get dressed up like the opposite sex does not necessarily mean they want to go to bed with the same sex. Some have successful heterosexual marriages & enjoy the most delightful shopping experiences.” WantMeanDoeBeliefSexEnjoyNumbersSuccessfulBedFemaleOppositesMalesContraryShoppingDelightfulDressed UpContrary To Popular BeliefTransvestitesHeterosexual Marriage Book:Ain't nobody's business if you do: the absurdity of consensual crimes in a free society Source: Ain't nobody's business if you do: the absurdity of consensual crimes in a free society
“We [No Doubt] were making music that was the opposite of grunge and what was popular on the radio, and we were fine with that. And for a garage band, we were massive! We were already successful in our own minds.” MindSuccessfulDoubtFineBandOppositesRadioNo DoubtMassiveGarageGrunge Author:Gwen Stefani
“Europe is being subjected to the kinds of programs that devastated Latin America for many years. Latin America has thrown them out and is pulling out: It's successful; it's democratizing; it's economically developing; and it's free from the shrapnel of US imperialism for 25 years. Meanwhile, Western Europe is destroying itself systematically, destroying itself going in the opposite direction.” YearsKindAmericaSuccessfulEuropeProgramOppositesWesternDevelopingThrownLatinDestroyingPullingImperialismLatin AmericaDevastatedWestern Europe Author:Noam Chomsky
“Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful.” PresidentPowerfulPrinciplesVirtueSuccessfulListeningSucceedSkillsOfficeHighestWeaknessStandingOppositesCampaignsCirclesCompromiseCombinationOpponents Author:Dee Dee Myers
“One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true - they were successful because they imposed chaos on order. They tore up the commandments, they denied the super-ego, what you will. They said, "You may persecute the minority, you may kill, you may torture, you may couple and breed without love." They offered humanity all its great temptations. Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” LoveMaySaidTimeHumanityOrderPowerSuccessfulCoupleEgoOppositesRoseChaosKillingTemptationOur TimeTortureBeing SuccessfulMinoritiesPermitDeniedOfferingCommandmentsNaziThey SaidPersecutionKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessWithout LoveBreedingFallacyImposing Book:The Magus Source: The Magus
“It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.” ThinkingMenSuccessfulOne ThingHeardOppositesSurfaceBoatDesertIslandsIronicRetiringSuccessful ManComplete Opposites Author:Candace Bushnell
“Government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren't performing.” GovernmentBusinessSuccessfulOppositesPerformingDepartment Author:Michael Bloomberg
“When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work. But the real foundation is faith. Faith - the idea that 'I can do it' - is the opposite of fear ('What if I fail?'). And faith creates motivation which in turn leads to commitment, hard work, preparation ... and eventually success.” IfsI CanIdeasRealHardSuccessMotivationFaithTurnsCan DoEffortSuccessfulFailingHard WorkKeysCommitmentOppositesFoundationPreparationWhat IfKey To SuccessI Can Do ItSports Psychology Author:Howard Twilley
“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.” InspirationalMotivationalSuccessSuccessfulAdviceOppositesGoing AwayCongratulationsBest AdviceMoving AwayChasing SuccessSaying And DoingSpiritual Advice Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The ultimate way of Being lies beyond all contradictory pairs of opposites with which our two dimensional thinking mind operates. As soon as we are successful in silencing the restless activity of the thinking mind and give a chance to intuition, the pure all embracing spirit in us will manifest effortlessly.” ThinkingWayGivingMindTwoSpiritLyingChanceSuccessfulMeditationPureActivityOppositesUltimateIntuitionPairsManifestRestlessContradictoryThinking MindSilencing Author:Anagarika Govinda
“Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.” IfsFirstsLooksSufferingGrowsLordVirtueSuccessfulParticularPromiseOppositesVicesTemptationGrievingLook UpBeing SuccessfulPermitTemptedInvitations Author:Philip Neri