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we confuse the marvelous facility of description with what is actually going on, the world as labeled and classified with the world as it is.
“my characterization of a loser is someone who, after making a mistake, doesn’t introspect, doesn’t exploit it, feels embarrassed and defensive rather than enriched with a new piece of information, and tries to explain why he made the mistake rather than moving on. These types often consider themselves the “victims” of some large plot, a bad boss, or bad weather.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“A useful rule of thumb: Whenever you cannot describe the vision driving a change initiative in five minutes or less and get a reaction that signifies both understanding and interest, you are in for trouble.”
― Leading Change
― Leading Change
“My dream—the solution—is that we would have a National Entrepreneur Day, with the following message: Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty. You are at the source of our antifragility. Our nation thanks you.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“In the complex world, the notion of “cause” itself is suspect; it is either nearly impossible to detect or not really defined—another reason to ignore newspapers, with their constant supply of causes for things.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
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