“Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.” WholeResultsBuildingHarmonyHeightProportionAgreementLengthWidth Book:The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt Source: The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt
“Now, success is not the result of making money; making money is the result of success - and success is in direct proportion to our service. Most people have this law backwards. They believe that you're successful if you earn a lot of money. The truth is that you can only earn money after you're successful.” PeopleIfsBelieveLawResultsSuccessfulTruth IsDirectMaking MoneyProportionLots Of MoneyBackwards Author:Earl Nightingale
“Sven's actual results on the park were not quite good enough to make him a hero, and not quite bad enough to get him the sack, so he left the gentlemen of the press with something of a void. And they abhor a void. Soon the discovery that Sven was in fact a hammer-man of legendary proportions filled the void, until the media came to realise that Sven was that rare thing, a man whose astonishing success with women somehow didn't make him more interesting.” MenEnoughFactsLeftInterestingResultsMediaFootballHeroDiscoveryFilledPressesManagersSoccerGentlemanParksProportionGood EnoughRealisingVoidHammersAstonishingChairmanLegendaryRare Things Author:Declan Lynch
“The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.” ImportantMatterTogetherResultsKeysFinalsProportionIngredientsEquilibrium Author:Alain Ducasse
“It can be shown that maximum diversification is achieved by holding each stock in proportion to its value to the entire market (italics added)... Hindsight plays tricks on our minds... often distorts the past and encourages us to play hunches and outguess other investors, who in turn are playing the same game. For most of us, trying to beat the market leads to disastrous results... our actions lead to much lower returns than can be achieved by just staying in the market.” TryingMindPlayActionPastValuesTurnsGamesResultsReturnBeatsInvestingTricksProportionStayingInvestorsMaximumOur ActionsHindsightHunchesDiversification Author:Jeremy Siegel
“There is no single policy to which one can point and say - this built the Morris business. I should think I must have made not less than one thousand decisions in each of the last ten years. The success of a business is the result of the proportion of right decisions by the executive in charge.” ThinkingShouldYearsMadeLastsChallengesDecisionResultsPolicyInspireThousandTenBuiltProportionExecutivesProvokingRight DecisionMorris Author:William Morris