Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
EDWARD DE BONOComplexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.
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The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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