“In most cases the favorable price performance will be accompanied by a well-defined improvement in the average earnings, in the dividend, and in the balance-sheet position. Thus in the long run the market test and the ordinary business test of a successful equity commitment tend to be largely identical.” WellsLongRunningCasesSuccessfulPositionBalanceOrdinaryCommitmentTestsPerformancesAverageImprovementDefinedLong RunsEarningSheetsEquityIdenticalDividendsBalance Sheets Book:The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
“To be successful a person must attempt but one reform. By urging two, both are injured, as the average mind can grasp and assimilate but one idea at a time.” MindPersonsTwoIdeasSuccessfulAverageReformBeing SuccessfulInjuredAverage Minds Author:Susan B. Anthony
“It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of his behaviour that he should be eccentric, unconventional and rash in the eyes of the average opinion. If he is successful, that will only confirm the general belief in his rashness; and if in the short run he is unsuccessful, which is very likely, he will not receive much mercy. Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” IfsThinkingShouldLongEyeRunningBeliefTermOpinionTeachPracticeSuccessfulFailingSucceedCriticismMercyEssenceIndependentInvestingAverageReputationLong TermInvestorsBehaviourWorldlyEccentricUnsuccessfulUnconventionalIndependent ThinkingRashnessWorldly Wisdom Author:John Maynard Keynes
“I would have never dreamed that my career would be this successful. I grew up in an average home in Barbados, and we didn't live in the best neighborhood. But I was never aware that we were poor; my mom never made us feel that way. She loved me unconditionally. She made us feel anything was possible and instilled in me such confidence.” WayFeelsMadeHomeWould BePoorCareersSuccessfulGrewMomGrew UpAverageMy MomNeighborhoodBarbados Author:Rihanna
“Individuals who could not form cooperative alliances, on average, died sooner and left fewer children. And so we are the descendants of the successful cooperators.” ChildrenFormIndividualLeftSuccessfulDiedAverageFewerAlliancesDescendantsCooperatives Author:Jonathan Haidt
“Failing once doesn't make you a failure. One difference between a successful person and an average person is how much criticism they can take, the average person cannot take much criticism and that's why they fail to be leaders and they do remain average all their lives” PersonsDifferencesLeaderSuccessfulFailingCriticismAverageAverage PersonSuccessful Person Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a large armed division and interface with other senior executives in a team-oriented, multinational initiative in the global marketplace. Successful candidate will have above-average oral-presentation skills” PersonsActionChallengesSuccessfulTeamDirectorsSkillsMajorsOrganizationExcitingAverageManageCandidatesExecutivesDivisionInitiativeSeniorMarketplacePresentationInterfacesNew ChallengesMultinationalsPresentation SkillsPublic SectorAbove Average Author:Winston Churchill