Stefan Bruun > Stefan's Quotes

“Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things … fail because we lack concentration—the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?”
― Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

“Daring in design, cautious in execution—it was a formula he made his own throughout his career.”
― Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

“The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.”
― Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

“How you feel is not the result of what is happening in your life—it is your interpretation of what is happening.”
― Anthony Robbins, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement

“Inspired in part by Steinhardt, Nygren conducts a “devil’s advocate review” before buying any stock. One analyst on his team presents the bullish case. Another is tasked with “putting together the strongest bearish case.… By better understanding what we’re betting against, we’re more likely to make the right decision.”
― William P. Green, Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life

“If somebody has the competency to do something, and the desire to do something, then nothing about their race, sex or sexual orientation should hold them back. But minimizing difference is not the same as pretending difference does not exist. To assume that sex, sexuality and skin colour mean nothing would be ridiculous. But to assume that they mean everything will be fatal.”
― Douglas Murray, The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity