16/12/23
I am a sucker for good quotes. Here are some:
Work
Magic happens with 1% improvement everyday — Unknown
What's ONE thing you can do today that makes tomorrow easier? Repeat. — Unknown
Only the paranoid survive — Andy Grove
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well — Philip Stanhope
You rise to the level of your incompetencies — Laurence Peter
If it’s worth giving feedback, it’s worth giving feedback well — Derived
Time compresses and expands to fill the work you have to do — Parkinson’s Law
Do bragworthy work — Yours truly!
If your desk isn't covered, you probably aren't doing your job — Harold Geneen
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible — David Ogilvy
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. — Indira Gandhi
Good, smarter people need feedback and applaud — Unknown
Never memorize what you can look up in books. — Albert Einstein
More often than not, the person is the problem, not the incentive system. No incentive system turns mediocre into extraordinary. — Unknown
I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface. — Jeff Bezos
The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works. — Jeff Bezos
People
You are the average of 5 people you hang out with — Jim Rohn
Great minds discuss ideas, average discuss events and small discuss people — Eleanor Roosevelt
Success is proportional to how many people want you to be successful — Unknown
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. — Ian Maclaren
Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. — Jeff Bezos
Life
You can’t save time, only spend it wisely — Benjamin Hoff
Explore so you have no regrets, exploit so you miss no joy — Unknown
Live your life by a compass not a clock — Stephen R. Covey
Eat the frog first — Mark Twain
Look further by standing on the shoulder of giants — Sir Isaac Newton
The four most expensive words in the English language are "this time it's different." — John Templeton
Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. — Carl Sandburg
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. — Ernestine Ulmer
Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life. — Callie Khouri
It's better to be a pirate than to join the navy. — Steve Jobs
If someone looked at how you spent your time over the last year, would what they see as your priorities match what you see as your priorities?
Creating
Writing is training data for decision making — Unknown
Whatever you are, be a good one. — Abraham Lincoln
All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl. — Jean-Luc Godard
Don't be humble. You're not that great. — Golda Meir
Keep your taste >> 50% ahead of your current state — Pratik Agarwal
'Give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky' is even better advice than it appears on the surface. Luck isn't an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area - you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc. — Sam Altman
Before you work harder on something, identify the leverage point. Working smarter is the most valuable form of working harder. — Unknown
If we can keep our competitors focus on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right. — Jeff Bezos
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