Bob Sullivan > Quotes

“In mathematics, there’s a name for this short-term greed, the process of always choosing the option that gives you instant gratification. It’s called the “greedy algorithm,” and following it almost always leads to a plateau.”
― Bob Sullivan, The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success

“The difference between people who look for the globally optimal solution and people who look for the locally optimal solution is often the difference between success and failure.”
― Bob Sullivan, Getting Unstuck: Break Free of the Plateau Effect