“What's magical about [bears] is that they just spend one-hundred percent of every minute of every hour of every day being a bear. And a tree-frog spends all of its time being a tree-frog. We spend all our time trying to be somebody else.” TryingHoursTreeMinutesBearsPercentHundredOur TimeFrogs Author:Stephen Fry
“To paraphrase the philosopher Nietzsche, he who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If we gather a set of strong enough reasons to change, we can change in a minute something we've failed to change for years.” IfsYearsReasonEnoughMotivationalFoundStrongKnowingMinutesBearsPercentPhilosopherStrong EnoughParaphrase Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who can bear the load of what you're asking them to do and creating this emotionally safe environment.” PeopleSaidEnvironmentBearsDirectorsSafeCreatingPercentAskingLoadCastingSafe Environment Author:Lynn Shelton
“I don't want to give a lecture to this body that's out there. You know, I mean, having had the heart attack, I want to get it back functioning. And as a practical matter, I mean if you were Bear Stearns, and you were a shareholder, you know, you lost 90 to 95 percent of your money. A good many lost their jobs. They lost very cushy lives, many of them.” IfsKnowsWantGivingHeartMeanMatterBodyJobsLostBearsPercentPracticalsGood ManLecturesShareholdersHeart Attack Author:Warren Buffett