Wild Problems Quotes

“As we get older, we understand that the pain we have endured, especially heartbreak, hasn’t just made us stronger. It has made everything we experience richer and fuller. As we get older, we come to prefer bittersweet chocolate to chocolate that is merely sweet.”
― Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“Life is like a book that you are writing and reading at the same time. You might have a plan for how it turns out. But for it to be a great book, it needs to be savoured and chewed and digested along the way, like a book you read that changes your life. And you have to prepare for a plot twist and maybe two or three.”
― Russel "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“the big decisions we face in life, the wild problems—whether to marry, who to marry, whether to have children, what career path to follow, how much time to devote to friends and family, how to resolve daily ethical dilemmas—these big decisions can’t be made with data, or science, or the usual rational approaches.”
― Russell Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“Where we choose to live is about more than which place has better weather, better job opportunities, better options for day trips, better local food, and so on. Where we live is about who we are and not just what we experience.”
― Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for every thing one has a mind to do.”
― Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“Exploring can turn out much better than a planned itinerary.”
― Russell Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“Spend more time getting used to the darkness and less time looking to expand the light.”
― Russell Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“Who with eyes open would willingly choose a path that promises the possibility of more suffering and heartache than joy and delight? Who volunteers for heartache and unease?
Human beings.
We like a challenge.”
― Russel "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
― Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“Through most of human history, authority and tradition—the kings who ruled us, our parents, the religion we were born into, the culture surrounding us—tamed the wild problems we faced.”
― Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

“If the important things are hard to measure, and the measurable things misleading, what kind of decision framework is left? This book is my answer to that question.”
― Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us