“Yes” is nothing without “how”. Ex: Success isn’t the hostage-taker saying, “Yes, we have a deal”; success comes afterward, when the freed hostage says to your face, “Thank you”. –Never split the difference, p.163 Continue reading Your goal, as a negotiator, is to come to an agreement that can be implemented, and make sure that happens.
-How to get rich, p.146 Continue reading Prepare yourself for luck, but don’t seek her out. Let her come to you.
-Roman Seneca, How to get rich, p.140 Continue reading Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
Do not be slave to them, but when your instincts are screaming, Go! Go! Go! then it’s time for you to decide whether you really want to be rich or not. You can’t get rich by painting numbers. You can only do it by becoming a predator, by waiting patiently, by remaining alert and constantly sniffing the airand by bringing massive, murderous force to bear upon your prey when you pounce. -How to get rich, p.122 Continue reading Trust your instincts
The eventual goal is vastly more imp-ortant than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run. How to get rich, p.61 Continue reading Having a great idea is simply not enough
Of course, there is nothing wrong with robust debate, either with others or oneself. What is undesirable, however, is the pretense that any such debate can resolve the risks involved in advance. It cannot. All debate can do is clarify, support or contest the next step. The risks remain, however much talking is done. -How to get rich, p.31 Continue reading A committee is a cul-de-sac in which ideas are lured and quietly strangled
When everything is important nothing is. Two things can be important but they can’t be both the most important. Continue reading Prioritize
Lions will relax most of the day. But once they have a prey, they will hunt until they catch it. And then relax again. Cows will work with their head down from 9 to 5 everyday for their whole life. -Naval Continue reading Work like a lion, not like a cow.
If you need to leave a desert island. Most probably you don’t know where to go. You don’t see the mainland. But if you build a boat and start sailing, you have more chances of finding the right direction. It will be much easier to change directions once you have a boat and naviguate than to build one. -Shaan Puri Continue reading Motion, not direction
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