"you
can only convince people who think they can benefit from being convinced"
"finer
men tolerate others' small inconsistencies though not the large ones; the weak
tolerate others' large inconsistencies though not small ones"
"some
books cannot be summarized (real literature, poetry), some can be compressed to
about ten pages, the majority to zero pages"
"what
we call «business books» is an eliminative category invented by bookstores for
writings that have no depth, no style, no empirical rigor, and no linguistic
sophistication"
"you
don't become completely free by just avoiding to be a slave, you also need to
avoid being a master"
"you
never win an argument until they attack your person"
"academia
is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but
not exactly the same thing"
"losing
all your fortune is much less painful than losing only half of it"
"For company, you often prefer those who find you interesting over those you find interesting"
"you know you have influence when people start noticing your absence more than the presence of others"
"a verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence"
"they agree that chess training only improves chess skills, but disagree that classroom training only improves classroom skills"
"If powerful assholes don’t find you “arrogant”, it means you are doing something wrong."
Most mistakes get worse when you try to correct them.
People don’t like it when you ask them for help; they also feel left out when you
don’t ask them for help.
It is a very powerful manipulation to let others win the small battles.
If you get easily bored, it means that your BS detector is functioning properly; if
you forget (some) things, it means that your mind knows how to filter; and if you feel sadness, it
means that you are human.
The ultimate freedom lies in not having to explain why you did something.
Never hire an A student unless it is to take exams.
"If powerful assholes don’t find you “arrogant”, it means you are doing something wrong."
Most mistakes get worse when you try to correct them.
People don’t like it when you ask them for help; they also feel left out when you
don’t ask them for help.
It is a very powerful manipulation to let others win the small battles.
If you get easily bored, it means that your BS detector is functioning properly; if
you forget (some) things, it means that your mind knows how to filter; and if you feel sadness, it
means that you are human.
The ultimate freedom lies in not having to explain why you did something.
Never hire an A student unless it is to take exams.
All rumors about a public figure are to be deemed untrue until he threatens to sue.
When people say, “I am investing for the long term,” it means they are losing
money.
When people say, “I am investing for the long term,” it means they are losing
money.
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