I find that often, complex thoughts and ideas can be distilled down to punctuated statements which lead to reflection. Whenever I come across such input, I collect it. You can find some of those thoughts below.
Declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true.
– Daniel Kahneman
In real life, you do not know the odds – you need to discover them.
– Nassim Taleb
Those who spend too much time with their noses glued to maps will mistake the map for the territory.
– Nassim Taleb
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
You waste years by not being able to waste hours.
– Amos Tversky
Judge your process by quality of decision-making, not quality of outcomes.
– Grace Lordan, Think Big
The fundamental cause of trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
– Bertrand Russell
The same personality traits that push people to the top also increase the odds of pushing them over the edge.
– Morgan Housel, Same as Ever (p. 38)
Invest in preparedness, not prediction.
– Nassim Taleb
The idea that what you don’t see might refute everything you believe just doesn’t occur to us.
– Daniel Kahneman
The more an idea is tied to your identity, the more you will ignore evidence it is false. People seem to have no trouble finding reasons to ignore the merits of ideas they dislike. To continue to grow and learn, you must be willing to update, expand, and edit your identity. In many ways, growth is unlearning.
– James Clear
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
– Bruce Lee
The way you create villains in this world is to punish people for doing the right thing.
– Louis Rossman
For every complex problem there is a solution that is clear, simple and wrong.
– H. L. Mencken
Nobody wants to get rich slow.
– Warren Buffet
Negative Interest rates. If you’re not confused, then you haven’t thought about it correctly.
– Charlie Munger
I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.
– Jack London