In many areas of life, we rely on maps offered by others. We depend on the maps provided by experts, pundits, and teachers. In these cases, the best we can do is to choose our mapmakers wisely, to seek out those who are rigorous,
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“it is amazing what you can accomplish when you do it in a "take no prisoners" manner.”
― McKinsey Mind
― McKinsey Mind
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. —Sun-tzu”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but only a few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion. —Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“Often when people talk about great teams, they only talk about that transcendent sense of purpose.”
― Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
― Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
“In the stock market the more elaborate and abstruse the mathematics the more uncertain and speculative the conclusion we draw therefrom….”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
Classical (Laissez-Faire) Liberalism
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Including within it neo-liberalism, libertarianism, objectivism, anarcho-capitalism, minarchism, and American conservatism, this classical or "market" ...more
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