Alex Bulankou > Alex's Quotes

“Self-betrayal” 1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.” 2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal. 3. When I see the world in a self-justifying way, my view of reality becomes distorted. 4. So — when I betray myself, I enter the box.”
― Arbinger Institute, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

“As usual, there aren’t enough last minutes.”
― Arbinger Institute, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

“You want to invent new ideas, not new rules.”
― Chip Heath, Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck

“JavaScript is as related to Java as Carnival is to Car.”
― Kyle Simpson

“Closure is when a function is able to remember and access its lexical scope even when that function is executing outside its lexical scope.”
― Kyle Simpson, You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures

“The most basic way to get someone's attention is this: Break a pattern.”
― Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

“People tend to overuse any idea or concept that delivers an emotional kick.”
― Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

“When you say three things, you say nothing.”
― Chip Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

“An accurate but useless idea is still useless.”
― Chip Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

“It is amazing how often the reason you can't find a convincing explanation for something is because your conclusion is wrong.”
― Steven S. Skiena