Nicolas Acton
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They say hunger is the greatest seasoning. When you’re starving, your brain rewards you handsomely for finally eating. Good job, it says, we get to not die for a while!
“Matt Levine, a Bloomberg columnist who writes a detailed and witty daily email dissected by Wall Street bankers, had been on vacation when the prospectus went live. The following Monday morning, he wrote in his email that the “We” trademark news was “the news item that caused me to absolutely lose my mind—the item that, if I were a slightly more dedicated financial columnist, would have had me on the next helicopter back to the office.”
― The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
― The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid”
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“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”
― The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
― The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
“Placing a high value on salt, sugar, and fat is no longer advantageous to our health, but the craving persists because the brain’s reward centers have not changed for approximately fifty thousand years.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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