Captain Marquet on the goal of a leader
vutran | Oct. 7, 2020, 7:21 p.m.
“The goal of a leader is to give no orders... Leaders are to provide direction and intent and allow others to figure out what to do and how to get there.”
— Captain Marquet
Read More →Ray Dailio on maturity
vutran | Oct. 7, 2020, 7:16 p.m.
“Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.”
— Ray Dailio in Principles
Morgan Housel on finding the sensible balance between optimism and pessimism
vutran | Oct. 3, 2020, 8:02 p.m.
"Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in fact you know it will be filled with misery. You can be optimistic that the long-term growth trajectory is up and to the right, but equally sure that the road between now and then is filled with landmines, and always will be. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
Optimism and pessimism can coexist. If you look hard enough you’ll see them next to each other in virtually every successful company and successful career. They seem like opposites, but they work together to keep everything in balance."
— Morgan Housel
Read More →James Clear on not spending what we have not earned
vutran | Oct. 3, 2020, 8 p.m.
"Don’t spend what you haven’t earned.
Avoid financial debt. Don’t spend money you haven’t earned.
Avoid social debt. Don’t spend goodwill you haven’t earned.
Avoid calendar debt. Don’t spend (free) time you haven’t earned.
The disciplined earner can be a guilt-free spender."
— James Clear
Read More →James Clear on sincere, direct and thoughtful questions
vutran | Oct. 3, 2020, 2:17 p.m.
"It costs nothing to ask a successful person how they succeeded, but it may deliver more value than 1,000 hours of hard work.
Others are under no obligation to tell you their secrets, but it is surprising how much you can learn from sincere, direct, and thoughtful questions."
— James Clear
Read More →Ray Dalio on maturity
vutran | Oct. 3, 2020, 11:51 a.m.
"Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones."
— Ray Dalio
Read More →Ronald Reagan on the highest form of appreciation
vutran | Oct. 3, 2020, 11:49 a.m.
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
— Ronald Reagan
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