“One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.” GivingKindPathStandardsExpectationsGive MeIraqFear Of Failure Author:Kevin Powers
“With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains.” WayStrongHoursEconomyPathStandardsGainsProductivityImprovingWagesStagnantGet Ahead Author:Jared Bernstein
“Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.” WorldTryingYearsLongProcessRealizingCreativityPathFailingJourneyWillingMastersStandardsPerfectionCompareDestructiveMasteryTry AgainHigh StandardsWilling To Try Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“In investment management today, everybody wants not only to win, but to have a yearly outcome path that never diverges very much from a standard path except on the upside. Well, that is a very artificial, crazy construct. That's the equivalent in investment management to the custom of binding the feet of Chinese women” WantWellsTodayWinningPathFeetCrazyStandardsManagementInvestmentChineseOutcomesCustomsArtificialConstructsBindingInvestment Management Author:Charlie Munger
“Mr. Blatchford says that there was not a Fall but a gradual rise. But the very word "rise" implies that you know toward what you are rising. Unless there is a standard you cannot tell whether you are rising or falling. But the main point is that the Fall like every other large path of Christianity is embodied in the common language talked on the top of an omnibus. Anybody might say, "Very few men are really Manly." Nobody would say, "Very few whales are really whaley."” KnowsMenMightFallLanguageCommonChristianityPathStandardsRisingWhalesManlyCommon Language Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“This is why God created so many different religions: to be training grounds to make a path for every people, culture, custom, and tradition. Religions polish people to be qualified to enter the region of the original homeland. Because of humankind's many different cultural backgrounds, God sought and set the standard of comparison and has been leading the way toward one unified religious world.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensDifferentCultureReligiousPathTrainingStandardsTraditionOriginalsBackgroundsComparisonRegionsCustomsHumankindQualifiedPolishHomelandUnifiedDifferent ReligionsLeading The WayCustoms And Traditions Author:Sun Myung Moon