Willard Van Orman Quine and J.S. Ullian on the difference between being right and having been right
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:15 p.m.
"The desire to be right and the desire to have been right are two desires, and the sooner we separate them the better off we are. The desire to be right is the thirst for truth. On all counts, both practical and theoretical, there is nothing but good to be said for it. The desire to have been right, on the other hand, is the pride that goeth before a fall. It stands in the way of our seeing we were wrong, and thus blocks the progress of our knowledge."
— Willard Van Orman Quine and J.S. Ullian
Read More →Lucille Clifton on emphasizing joy over status
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:14 p.m.
"One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated."
— Lucille Clifton
Read More →James Clear on the bottleneck of talent
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:13 p.m.
"Vision is the bottleneck of talent.
Most talent is wasted because people do not clearly know what they want. It’s not a lack of effort, but a lack of direction.
There are many capable people in the world, but relatively few that focus on what matters."
— James Clear
Read More →James Clear on working on the internal pressure today to handle external pressure tomorrow
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:13 p.m.
"Build before you have to.
- Build knowledge before you have to.
- Build strength before you have to.
- Build an emergency fund before you have to.
Let internal pressure drive you today, so you can handle external pressure tomorrow."
— James Clear
Read More →James Clear on the most overlooked growth strategy
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:11 p.m.
"The most overlooked and underappreciated growth strategy is patience.
More specifically, consistently producing great work over a long time horizon."
— James Clear
Read More →Matthew Syed on how to work on a big goal
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:08 p.m.
“If you break down a big goal into small parts, and then improve on each of them, you will gain a huge increase when you put them all together.”
— Matthew Syed
Read More →Matthew Syed on forming a culture to learn from open and honest about mistakes
vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:06 p.m.
“If a culture is open and honest about mistakes, the entire system can learn from them. That is the way you gain improvements.”
— Matthew Syed
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