From Nassim Taleb's "Skin in the Game" How to Legally Own Another Person. "In short, every organization wants a certain number of people associated with it to be deprived of a certain share of their freedom. How do you own these people? First, by conditioning and...
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Favorite Quotes from Skin in the Game
From Nassim Taleb's "Skin in the Game" "in academia there is no difference between academia and the real world; in the real world, there is." (p. 3) "In case you are giving economic views: Don’t tell me what you “think,” just tell me what’s in your portfolio." (p. 4)...
Motivational Interviewing
From Adam Grant's "Think Again" Motivational Interviewing "Instead of attacking or demeaning his clients, Miller started asking them questions and listening to their answers." (p. 146) "Together, they developed the core principles of a practice called motivational...
You need an Organizational Chart for Business.
From Michael Gerber's "The E-Myth Revisited" Why Do You Need an Organizational Chart? "Everyone wants to "get organized." But when you suggest that they start by creating an Organization Chart, all you get is doubtful- and sometimes hostile- stares." (p. 166)"Don't be...
Your business needs Innovation, Quantification, and Orchestration.
From Michael Gerber's "The E-Myth Revisited" You Business Needs Innovation, Quantification, and Orchestration: "Innovation, Quantification, and Orchestration are the backbone of every extraordinary business." (p. 127) Innovation: Innovation is finding ways to improve...
Favorite Quotes from “The E-myth Revisited”
From Michael Gerber's "The E-myth Revisited" My Favorite Quotes from "The E-myth Revisited." "The question has often been asked of me, “What do the owners of extraordinary businesses know that the rest don’t?” Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me...
My favorite quotes from Ben Horowitz
From Ben Horowitz's "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" My Favorite Quotes From Ben Horowitz: "There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing...
Favorite Quotes from “Getting to Yes”
From Roger Fisher's "Getting to Yes" "Any method of negotiation may be fairly judged by three criteria: It should produce a wise agreement if agreement is possible. It should be efficient. And it should improve or at least not damage the relationship between the...
Beware of These 18 Biases and Illusions Before You Make a Decision!
From Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow" Beware of These 18 Biases and Illusions Before You Make a Decision! Availability Heuristic- If you can easily recall an event, you will think it happens more frequently than reality. "The process of judging frequency by...
Beware of the Narrative Fallacy!
From Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" Beware of the Narrative Fallacy! "Taleb introduced the notion of a narrative fallacy to describe how flawed stories of the past shape our views of the world and our expectations for the future." (p. 199)"Narrative...