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“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.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

“Too many production systems are like Schrodinger’s cat—locked inside a box, with no way to observe its actual state.”
― Michael T. Nygard, Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software

“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.”
― John P. Kotter, Leading Change

“Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can.”
― Seth Godin, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us