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“EQ is so critical to success that it accounts for 58 percent of performance in all types of jobs. It’s the single biggest predictor of performance in the workplace and the strongest driver of leadership and personal excellence.”
― Emotional Intelligence 2.0
― Emotional Intelligence 2.0
“Всегда, вечно играть на сцене только самого себя, но в разных сочетаниях, комбинациях задач, предлагаемых обстоятельствах, выращенных в себе для роли, выплавленных в горниле собственных эмоциональных воспоминаний.”
― Учебник актерского мастерства. Работа над собой в творческом процессе воплощения
― Учебник актерского мастерства. Работа над собой в творческом процессе воплощения
“The point is that the overwhelming energy cost associated with food is not in the food itself (the 2,000 food calories a day per person) but in its production, transportation, distribution, and marketing through the supply chain from farms to stores to your house and ultimately to your mouth.”
― Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
― Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies
“As James U. McNeal, a professor of marketing at Texas A&M University, puts it, “75 percent of spontaneous food purchases can be traced to a nagging child. And one out of two mothers will buy a food simply because her child requests it. To trigger desire in a child is to trigger desire in the whole family.”
― Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
― Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
“The problem, as Randolph has realized, is that the best way for a young person to build character is for him to attempt something where there is a real and serious possibility of failure. In a high-risk endeavor, whether it’s in business or athletics or the arts, you are more likely to experience colossal defeat than in a low-risk one—but you’re also more likely to achieve real and original success. “The idea of building grit and building self-control is that you get that through failure,” Randolph explained.”
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
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