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#1

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”
― Warren Buffett

tags: business, habits, hare, inspirational-life, reading, think, thinking, tortoise, warren-buffet

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#2

“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”
― Warren Buffet

tags: boats, warren-buffet

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#3

“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. ”
― Warren Buffett

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#4

“When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.”
― Warren Buffett

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#5

“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”
― Warren Buffet

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#6

“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”
― Warren Buffet

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#7

“In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.”
― Warren Buffet

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#8

“be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.”
― Warren Buffet

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#9

“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.”
― Warren Buffet

tags: congress, deficit, gdp, government, humor, politics, reelection

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#10

“We need a moderately-priced stock market… The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do. For the investor, a too-high purchase price for the stock of an excellent company can undo the effects of a subsequent decade of favorable business developments.”
― Warren Buffet

tags: business, investing

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#11

“We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.”
― Warren Buffett

tags: warren-buffet

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#12

“Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not.”
― Ashlee Vance, Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

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#13

“It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”
― Elon Musk

tags: knowledge, learning, reddit, science, understanding

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#14

“My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”
― Elon Musk

tags: inspirational, perseverance, spacex

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#15

“You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”
― Elon Musk

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#16

“You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of problems you solve”
― Elon Musk

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#17

“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”
― Elon Musk

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#18

“Business is about creating value for a specific group of people.”
― Hendrith Smith, Essays on Capitalism & The U.S. Economy

tags: business, business-advice, business-quotes, business-success

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#19

“If you want to have a profitable business, you need to have an efficient business.”
― Hendrith Smith

tags: business, business-advice, business-quotes, efficiency, permaculture-economics, profitability

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#20

“Business Efficiency has so many benefits. It leads to greater profits, greater internal leverage, less friction….. but it also leads to less waste, less pollution, and a richer harmony with nature.”
― Hendrith Smith

tags: business, business-advice, business-culture, business-quotes, permaculture-economy

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#21

“When a business streamlines its processes, it inevitably experiences other benefits which may include greater employee satisfaction, more profits, better accounting, and more.”
― Hendrith Smith

tags: business, business-advice, business-leaders, business-quotes

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#22

“A business is like a living being. It’s more of a process than a stagnant thing. The way you manage your business today shouldn’t be the same way you managed it ten years ago or even ten months ago. Because your business should have evolved and changed and adapted in some way during that time - just like living beings evolve and change and adapt to their environments.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

tags: business, investing, permaculture-economy

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#23

“The economy is always changing. So your business should always be changing. Managing a business includes adapting to change, evolving with change and sometimes pioneering those changes and evolutions.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

tags: business, business-advice, business-management, business-quotes, consultant, consulting, permaculture-business, permaculture-economy

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#24

“Productivity is about turning valuable inputs into valuable outputs. Individual people are more productive when all the elements of the permaculture economy are at work in their lives. When individuals are productive, then businesses become productive. When businesses become productive, the nation becomes productive.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Principles of a Permaculture Economy

tags: ghana, nigeria, permaculture-economics, permaculture-economy, productivity-quotes, south-africa

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#25

“A good business adapts it’s strategy and approach as the economy continuously evolves.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

tags: business, business-advice, business-culture, business-quotes

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#26

“In business, efficiency is a prerequisite to profit.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

tags: business, business-advice, business-success, mayflower-plymouth, mayflower-plymouth-capital-llc, nft, permaculture-economy

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#27

“The best way to protect an asset is with systems that self organize and self execute behaviors which function as protective to the asset.”
― Hendrith Smith

tags: asset-management, assets, business-leadership, cryptocurrency, ethereum, investment, nft, permaculture-investing

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#28

“The basic and most fundamental element to business is creating value - creating value for others and making their lives better in some way. If you can do that, put a price on it, communicate it clearly and get it to buyers….. you’re in business.”
― Hendrith Smith

tags: business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, investment, nft, permaculture-investing

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#29

“The economy is always changing. Therefore, business strategy should change to adapt. And the way to adapt is to find new ways to add value to the customers lives.

At Mayflower-Plymouth, we're here to help your business thrive in this way.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

tags: adaptability, business-advice, business-strategy, client-relationship, customer-needs, customer-satisfaction, customer-service, value

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#30

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we’re helping businesses and cities make significant improvements with our management consulting services. And for that, we’re making the world a better place. And we’re making a lot of money - many millions of dollars - by helping others and making their lives better.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

tags: consulting, happiness, mayflower-plymouth, solutions, wealth

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