Le Tien

“Nobody knew why the market was down that day. But it didn’t stop everyone from having a theory. “Worries over Spain’s role in the EU brought the market down today,” said a woman on the radio. “The market had an off day today, due to uncertainty in oil futures,” announced a man on television. “Market Slightly Down as Health Care Details Come into Focus” wrote a newspaper writer. The truth was no one knew why the market was down. It started the day, just … down. It stayed down most of the day. It had an up moment for a little bit around lunch, but was still, just, down. Why”
― B.J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

“It’s true that the early bird gets the worm, but we can’t forget that the early worm gets caught.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

“Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. Every day is your birthday.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

“But suppose we are nothing more than the sum of our first, naive, random behaviors. What then?”
― Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions