“You probably don’t even see when work is committed to your organization. And if you can’t see it, you can’t manage it—let alone organize it, sequence it, and have any assurance that your resources can complete it.”
“What matters is that mastering one thing gives you the confidence to try something else.”
― The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know
― The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know
“When customers encounter a product they have never seen before, they will look for contextual clues to help them figure out what it is, who it’s for and why they should care.”
― Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
― Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
“We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.”
― Seeing Voices
― Seeing Voices
“The wisdom of the Tathāgata is not to be measured by the yardstick of human intelligence, nor limited by the cravings of the human heart.”
― Survey of Buddhism / The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path
― Survey of Buddhism / The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path
“The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us from forgetting or losing things, is to shift the burden of organizing from our brains to the external world.”
― The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
― The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
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