“It is an iron rule of history that what looks inevitable in hindsight was far from obvious at the time.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Wanting to be liked can get in the way of truth.”
― Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.
― Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc.
“We are obsessed with having as many irons as possible in the fire, ruling nothing out and being open to everything. However, this can easily destroy success. We must learn to close doors.”
― The Art of Thinking Clearly: The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making
― The Art of Thinking Clearly: The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making
“it is much more common that we overestimate our knowledge than that we underestimate it.”
― The Art of Thinking Clearly: The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making
― The Art of Thinking Clearly: The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making
“Fear and hope remain the same; therefore the study of the psychology of speculators is as valuable as it ever was. Weapons change, but strategy remains strategy, on the New York Stock Exchange as on the battlefield. I think the clearest summing up of the whole thing was expressed by Thomas F. Woodlock when he declared: "The principles of successful stock speculation are based on the supposition that people will continue in the future to make the mistakes that they have made in the past.”
― Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
― Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
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