"False modesty is the refuge of the incompetent.
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“I’ve always been very concerned with democracy. If you can’t imagine you could be wrong, what’s the point of democracy? And if you can’t imagine how or why others think differently, then how could you tolerate democracy?”
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
“Be a writer, if you will Or don’t, no one will care Order your shelves, or not Kill or kiss your darlings Simply write”
― The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
― The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
“Death to Core Competency,” suggests that whatever a company’s specialty product or service might be—whatever got you to where you are today—might not be the thing that gets you to the next level.”
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
“The maker movement is mostly about building things (whether low-tech or high-tech), as well as creating art and music. But it’s driven by project-based, peer-to-peer learning, which tends to happen as novice “makers”
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
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