“An essential aspect of character, and one that contributes to success, is an appreciation for and a belief in our interdependence. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey describes three ways we can relate to others: dependence, independence, and interdependence.”
― The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
― The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
“Life is an accumulation of decisions, large and small. It’s strange that “decision-making” isn’t a recognized discipline, a standard high school course. There should be a decision-making section in the bookstore. The second President Bush caught a lot of flak for describing his job as “I’m the decider,” but he was saying something profound about the job. The same thing Truman was saying with his the buck stops here desk plaque. In the White House, there’s an apparatus of experts who make all the easy decisions and most of the hard ones. The only decisions that get to the president’s desk are the brutal, unwinnable ones. In your life, you get those, too, plus no staff to make the other ones. So it’s worth putting some time into thinking about how you make decisions, and how you can make better ones.”
― The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
― The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
“what I want most—to send money back in time, to the people I loved who didn’t have it. The insecurity and shame present in my childhood home will always be there. But that’s okay, as it was motivating.”
― The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
― The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
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