“But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning.” SelfWinningSuccessfulPatientCrowdsGuiltyDestructiveInvestorsBe PatientSelf Destructive Author:Andrew Tobias
“Schizophrenia --its nature, etiology, and the kind of therapy to use for it--remains one of the most puzzling of the mental illnesses. The theory of schizophrenia presented here is based on communications analysis, and specifically on the Theory of Logical Types. From this theory and from observations of schizophrenic patients is derived a description, and the necessary conditions for, a situation called the "double bind"--a situation in which no matter what a person does, he "can't win." It is hypothesized that a person caught in the double bind may develop schizophrenic symptoms” KindMayPersonsDoeMatterUseWinningSituationConditionsTheoryCommunicationTypeNo Matter WhatRemainsPatientCaughtIllnessMental IllnessObservationAnalysisTherapyDescriptionLogicalSymptomsSchizophreniaCan't WinSchizophrenicPuzzling Book:Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology Source: Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology
“I always used to say to players at half-time, 'Be patient. The last fifteen minutes throw the kitchen sink at them. It's worth a gamble'. You are going to lose the game anyway. There is nothing better than when you get to that last fifteen minutes and you actually win the game late on. The fans are going out of the gates I gave it a try and it worked.” TryingLastsUsedGamesWinningLosesHalfPlayerFansMinutesLatePatientKitchenGatesFifteenGoing OutBe PatientGambleHalf TimeKitchen Sinks Author:Alex Ferguson
“I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready.” GuyWinningGivenReadyBasketballPatientNbaBe PatientBlueprints Author:LeBron James