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“In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70 percent of the burden of caring for children, the aged, the disabled and the sick falls on women most of whom receive no pay for these very essential tasks.Normally speaking, it may be said that the forces of capitalism, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and thus increase the gap between them.”

“Ninety percent of [contemporary philosophers] see their principle task as that of beating religion out of men's heads. ... We are far from being able to provide scientific basis for the theological world view.”

Men World Able Views Principles Percent Tasks Bases Philosopher Contemporary Ninety Theological World View

Author:Kurt Gödel

“Antigun advocates have always faced an uphill battle in this country. Americans have, to begin with, a constitutional right to gun ownership. Today, half of American households exercise this right, owning a total of about 250 million guns; and over 99 percent of those households do so in a responsible manner. To fight for major restrictions on an item that plays such a valued part in the lives of so many people looks like a nearly impossible task. So if you're really committed to the effort, and you want to win, what do you do? Simple: You lie.”

“There will never be a successful person who, before performing a task, has doubts. Negative thoughts arise from recognizing that somewhere along the line your level of commitment has dropped below 100 percent. The winner will always be the person with the fewest doubts.”

Persons Success Lines Levels Successful Doubt Percent Commitment Negative Tasks Arise Winner Performing Recognizing Negative Thoughts Successful Person

Author:Nicole Haislett

“What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.”

Looks Mistake Percent Tasks Increase Productivity Multiple Back And Forth Switching Multitasking

Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“LinkedIn's got a little progress bar. It wants you to do things like sign up 10 of your friends. It does that near the end. At the beginning it's like, 'You put in your name. 20 percent progress! How about some other information?' People want to fill in that progress bar. They like to complete a task. They like to check a box.”

People Want Littles Doe Ends Names Progress Information Like You Percent Tasks Boxes Bars Checks Linkedin

Author:Jesse Schell

“Scientists used to do an experiment whereby a dog's repeated reward for performing a task was unaccountably replaced by punishment. The dog, knowing it would be penalized for doing well or doing badly, would become melancholic and inactive. This and other unforeseeable results were funded by taxing up to sixty percent of people's earnings. People became strangely melancholic and inactive”

People Wells Would Be Used Results Knowing Dog Percent Tasks Scientist Rewards Punishment Experiments Performing Sixty Replaced Earning

Author:Steve Aylett

“I discovered when I went all out, when I put 100 percent of my energy into some intense, impossible task - when my heart was jack-hammering, when lactic acid was sizzling through my muscles - that's when I felt good, normal, balanced.”

Heart Energy Felt Impossible My Heart Normal Percent Tasks Intense Muscles Balanced Acid Sizzling Lactic Acid

Book:The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

Source: The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

“motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don't get involved if the task is too easy or too hard.”

Ifs Hard Motivation Easy Involved Highest Percent Tasks Probability Get Involved

Book:Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business

Source: Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business

“I found a lot of stuff that's never been seen before. That was the goal: to not use cliché Cold War footage but give people a sense of the place and setting. It's a field you still need. At first it was a lot of fun, and then later it became a little bit intimidating. "Oh my God, I've got so much footage. Where am I going to put it? What am I going to do?" I ended up really only reviewing about 20 to 30 percent of what I had. So it was a task.”

People Needs Giving Firsts Littles Stills War Use Found Fun Stuff Bits Goal Fields Cold Little Bit Percent Tasks Setting Settings Cold War Intimidating

Author:Gabe Polsky