A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul.

Observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence.

People are attracted to power and success; they seek it out and strive to be close to those who possess both.

Trend #3. Core vs. CrowdCompanies which have built up a core of valuable know-how are now being regularly outperformed by the crowd. There is a staggering amount of human knowledge,expertise and raw enthusiasm which can now be focused online to solve complex problems. You have to start finding ways to tap into the many minds whichare available online to help you develop better offerings, market more efficiently and add more value.

We’ve mortgaged their childhood in exchange for the future we imagine for them—a debt that can never be repaid.

We use latent constructs and write our survey measures carefully and thoughtfully, avoiding the use of any propaganda items; we perform several statistical tests to confirm that our measures meet psychometric standards for validity and reliability; and we have a large dataset that pulls respondents from around the world, which serves as a safeguard against errors or bad actors.

According to Buddhist teaching, we attain satisfaction not by indulgence of desires but by renunciation of clinging.

It was as if they were so happy they hadn't killed each other that they had fallen in love all over again. I didn't feel like celebrating. After all he'd put himself through, I couldn't believe Dad had gone back to the booze.

Subtlety #3: Whether you realize it or not, you are always choosing what to give a f*ck about. Maturity is what happens when one learns to only give a f*ck about what’s truly f*ckworthy. The idea of not giving a f*ck is a simple way of reorienting our expectations for life and choosing what is important and what is not.

The degree to which a leader is able to delegate his work is a measure of his success.