No compensation is worth the feeling of shame. Nassim Nicholas Taleb Advice, Honesty, Money, Success, Wise You May Also Like Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. By Italian saying Humble, Life, Status, Wise If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it. By William Penn Advice, Thoughtful The great end of life is not knowledge but action. By Thomas Henry Huxley Action, Inspirational, Knowledge, Motivational, Success There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer. By PETER DRUCKER Business, Business development, Customers, Success Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. By SHAKTI GAWAIN Empowering, Intuition, Self-love, Spiritual, Wise Opportunity knocks but once. By Anonymous Opportunity, Wise You May Also Like from Nassim Nicholas Taleb Things designed by people without skin in the game tend to grow in complication (before their final collapse). By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Skin in the game, Wise A business plan is a useful narrative for those who want to convince a sucker. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Business, Stories, Success What works cannot be irrational. If something stupid works (and makes money), it cannot be stupid. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Success, Wise Are visual deceits any different from leading someone to believe in Santa Claus, if it enhances his or her holiday aesthetic experience? By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Aesthetics, holiday, Santa Claus What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Powerful, Quotable, Thoughtful, Wise Given the number of people trying to get on the money-making bus, there is a progressive accumulation of Black Swan risks in such systems. Then, boom, the systemic blowup happens. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Black swan, Business, Failure, Money, Risk
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. By Italian saying Humble, Life, Status, Wise
If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it. By William Penn Advice, Thoughtful
The great end of life is not knowledge but action. By Thomas Henry Huxley Action, Inspirational, Knowledge, Motivational, Success
There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer. By PETER DRUCKER Business, Business development, Customers, Success
Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. By SHAKTI GAWAIN Empowering, Intuition, Self-love, Spiritual, Wise
Things designed by people without skin in the game tend to grow in complication (before their final collapse). By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Skin in the game, Wise
A business plan is a useful narrative for those who want to convince a sucker. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Business, Stories, Success
What works cannot be irrational. If something stupid works (and makes money), it cannot be stupid. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Success, Wise
Are visual deceits any different from leading someone to believe in Santa Claus, if it enhances his or her holiday aesthetic experience? By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Aesthetics, holiday, Santa Claus
What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Powerful, Quotable, Thoughtful, Wise
Given the number of people trying to get on the money-making bus, there is a progressive accumulation of Black Swan risks in such systems. Then, boom, the systemic blowup happens. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Black swan, Business, Failure, Money, Risk
