Travis

“Unfortunately, because everyone gets participation trophies now, trophies don’t mean anything any more. Spoils used to go to the victor. Now they go to everyone. Which causes two problems. First, it teaches the loser that there’s no reason to work harder to win because losing is just as good as winning. Second, it teaches the victor “screw it, why try?” because there’s no benefit to winning.”
― Vinnie Tortorich, FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL

“Consider this. It took the earth’s population thousands of years—from the early dawn of man all the way to the early 1800s—to reach one billion people. Then, astoundingly, it took only about a hundred years to double the population to two billion in the 1920s. After that, it took a mere fifty years for the population to double again to four billion in the 1970s. As you can imagine, we’re well on track to reach eight billion very soon. Just today, the human race added another quarter-million people to planet Earth. A quarter million. And this happens every day—rain or shine. Currently, every year, we’re adding the equivalent of the entire country of Germany.”
― Dan Brown, Inferno

“Some in management positions operate as if they are in a tree of monkeys. They make sure that everyone at the top of the tree looking down sees only smiles. But all too often, those at the bottom looking up see only asses.”
― Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

“Henry Ford summed it up best. “If I had asked people what they wanted,” he said, “they would have said a faster horse.”
― Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action