Abhi Yerra

“An organization is not, like an animal, an end in itself, and successful by the mere act of perpetuating the species. An organization is an organ of society and fulfills itself by the contribution it makes to the outside environment. And yet the bigger and apparently more successful an organization gets to be, the more will inside events tend to engage the interests, the energies, and the abilities of the executive to the exclusion of his real tasks and his real effectiveness in the outside.”
― Peter F. Drucker, The Effective Executive

“In the world of business, at least, Shakespeare proves the superior guide. Inside a firm, people become obsessed with their competitors for career advancement. Then the firms themselves become obsessed with their competitors in the marketplace. Amid all the human drama, people lose sight of what matters and focus on their rivals instead.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

“We are fragilizing social and economic systems by denying them stressors and randomness, putting them in the Procrustean bed of cushy and comfortable—but ultimately harmful—modernity.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

“Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future