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“The most important lesson to learn about devil’s advocacy isn’t the need for a formal contrarian position; it’s the need to interpret criticism as a noble function.”
― Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
― Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
“Sometimes we think we’re gathering information when we’re actually fishing for support.”
― Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
― Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
“True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure - the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character's essential nature.”
― Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
― Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
“A hallmark of true expertise and insight is making a complex subject understandable. A hallmark of mediocrity and bad strategy is unnecessary complexity—a flurry of fluff masking an absence of substance.”
― Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
― Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
“To make better decisions, use the WRAP process: Widen Your Options. Reality-Test Your Assumptions. Attain Distance Before Deciding. Prepare to Be Wrong.”
― Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
― Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
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