Chin-Ning Chu in Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life:
Dozens of books are published each year that attempt to teach you how to make you…
Noah Glass on that inner knowing:
At that time, even in the very early stages, I had this strange feeling that I had never had before - that this was something big. I felt it from the onset. People …
What’s the purpose of a business?
Most people will tell you the purpose is to make money, to profit.
I say the purpose of a business is to create positive change in the world.
Why not?
We’re only here onc…
Another quote from Seth Godin’s Tribes, where he talks about Meghan McDonald (who seems to be from his own home town of New Rochelle):
She doesn’t lead the way other people lead. And that’s fine, be…
Seth Godin in Tribes:
Dr. Laurence Peter is famous for proposing that “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” In other words, when you do a great job, you get pro…
“Be the change you want to see in the world” is a famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi.
Ouch.
It’s so much easier to run around telling others how they should be, how they ought to change, in order to make th…
Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel’s take on education as the next bubble:
He draws the following comparisons between the real estate bubble and higher education:
1, A consumption decision masque…
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You can’t achieve your destiny until you’ve accepted responsibility for it. I’m as guilty as anyone…
Often I’ll be grumpy about…
J. K. Rowling in her brief biography on how Harry Potter fell into her head:
After leaving university I worked in London; my longest job was with Amnesty International, the organisation that campaig…
