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“The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.”
― Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
― Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
“Some of the largest companies are now using brain scans to study how we react neurologically to certain foods, especially to sugar. They've discovered that the brain lights up for sugar the same way it does for cocaine.”
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
― Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
“real networking was about finding ways to make other people more successful.”
― Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
― Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
“The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.”
― Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
― Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
“Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last long as the bad. Not even close.”
― Open
― Open
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