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“The good-to-great leaders never wanted to become larger-than-life heroes. They never aspired to be put on a pedestal or become unreachable icons. They were seemingly ordinary people quietly producing extraordinary results.”
― Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't

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“Of all the get-rich-quick magnates that have operated, Ponzi is the king.”
― Mitchell Zuckoff, Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend

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“The wise warrior avoids the battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: inspirational

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“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it? Or just let it slip?” —Marshall Bruce Mathers III, “Lose Yourself”1”
― Jim Collins, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

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“All ponzi schemes are upheld by a centripetal force caused by those orbiting the circles of power, celebrity and wealth and trying to get in. When the ponzi scheme reaches its point of maximum growth, the force disperses and the ponzi scheme collapses.”
― Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale

tags: anarchy, celebrity, democracy, economy, governance, power, wealth

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