“Many of our most important decisions are, in fact, attempts to forecast the future.”
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
“You can’t delegate thinking,” de Crespigny told me. “Computers fail, checklists fail, everything can fail. But people can’t. We have to make decisions, and that includes deciding what deserves our attention. The key is forcing yourself to think. As long as you’re thinking, you’re halfway home.”
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
“Good decision making is contingent on a basic ability to envision what happens next.”
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
“knowing what you don’t know is a huge advantage—something that can be used against other players.”
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
“The best entrepreneurs are acutely conscious of the risks that come from only talking to people who have succeeded,” said Don Moore, the Berkeley professor who participated in the GJP and who also studies the psychology of entrepreneurship. “They are obsessed with spending time around people who complain about their failures, the kinds of people the rest of us usually try to avoid.”
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
― Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
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