It is a curiously moving experience, to hear 350 sailors uttering the words "Oh shit!" in eleven different languages.
It's not a good idea to cut back indiscriminately on what you read. The reason is that reading can save you time, because it gives you the opportunity to learn from other people's experience.
Traditional ways to deal with information--reading, listening, writing, talking--are painfully slow in comparison to "viewing the big picture." Those who survive information overload will be those who search for information with broadband thinking bu...
For a business to strengthen its position on the market, its managers should become skillful at helping their subordinates to set and achieve specific and measurable goals with realistic deadlines and clear expectations. Managers should also mentor e...
One myth that has become established in the self-development arena is that it only takes 21 days to form a new habit. This simply isn’t true in all cases. Sometimes it takes a shorter time, sometimes a longer time, and sometimes old habits are so h...
Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pi...
Mr. Smiley's Manager: I don't think you'd fit in here. Lester Burnham: I have fast food experience. Mr. Smiley's Manager: Yeah, like twenty years ago! Lester Burnham: Well, I'm sure there have been amazing technological advances in the industry, but ...
All life's a risk, that's what makes it interesting.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world.
We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.
You have to be willing to risk things; otherwise, somebody else will put you out of business.
Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued.
Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.
If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.
To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.
I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.
