MindWar Quotes

“will stay out of your head.” “Then we don’t have a second to waste,” said Siegel, showing just the hint of”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar

“For at least the next month, probably much longer, I want you to lock yourself in a room. I want you to come fully up to speed on every aspect of the organization. Every document, every project history, will be made available to you. Most importantly, I want you to think. About how our strategies can be improved, yes, but most of the time I want you to focus on worst-case scenarios, anything that could bite us in the ass. What are the weaknesses of our operations? What could be exploited to hurt us?”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar

“While his conscious mind couldn’t possibly track and digest the sea of thoughts coming from multiple sources, his subconscious, behind the scenes, did just this, alerting him only when it identified something he urgently needed to know, a phenomenon researchers called the Cocktail Party Effect.”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar

“People are most content when they’re growing. When they’re accomplishing goals, working hard to achieve something difficult and then achieving it.” Victor paused. “But most important of all is a person’s social network. The quality of relationships. Friends, relatives, co-workers, and so on. Emotional connections. I have”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar

“An impressive group,” said the admiral, “with an even more impressive team dynamic. On paper, there is no way a collection of hardened military men, inexperienced civilians, and quirky genius scientists should get along so well.” “I think the secret is that they’re all decent, caring people,” said Cochran. “And they’ve been through hell and back together.” “They’re”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar

“When they’re accomplishing goals, working hard to achieve something difficult and then achieving it.” Victor paused. “But most important of all is a person’s social network. The quality of relationships. Friends, relatives, co-workers, and so on. Emotional connections. I have these, especially when it comes to you and Lucas, but to many other of the men and women who work for me as well. ESP would ruin this. Only a psychopath who has no need for any social relationships would covet a power like this.” He raised his eyebrows. “And I’m only a sociopath.” “What’s”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar

“Any idea what ingredient—you know, other than sex—is the most important in achieving true happiness?” “I have a feeling it’s not money,” said Alvarez. “That would be too obvious.” “You’re right. Money helps, up to a point, but one of the real keys is to avoid boredom, to challenge oneself. People are most content when they’re growing.”
― Douglas E. Richards, MindWar