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In Which I Introduce Myself after Which I Immediately Plunge into a Desperate Situation.
“It’s unfortunate that this has happened. No. It’s fortunate that this has happened and I’ve remained unharmed by it.”
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“Getting something wrong doesn’t mean you have failed. Instead, you have just learned what does not work. You now know to try something else.”
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
“The final element is execution. The only way a strategy can get implemented is if we dedicate resources to it. Good intentions are not enough—you’re not implementing the strategy that you intend if you don’t spend your time, your money, and your talent in a way that is consistent with your intentions. In your life, there are going to be constant demands for your time and attention. How are you going to decide which of those demands gets resources? The trap many people fall into is to allocate their time to whoever screams loudest, and their talent to whatever offers them the fastest reward. That’s a dangerous way to build a strategy. All of these factors—priorities, balancing plans with opportunities, and allocating your resources—combine to create your strategy.”
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
“What is grief, but love that’s lost its object?”
― When Women Were Dragons
― When Women Were Dragons
“Strategy almost always emerges from a combination of deliberate and unanticipated opportunities. What’s important is to get out there and try stuff until you learn where your talents, interests, and priorities begin to pay off.”
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
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