Quotes

Fail Fast, Fail Often, Page 114

If you want to be successful, you should always be on the lookout for opportunities to learn and grow.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 114

…if your instincts suggest that a ’10X’ improvement could make [a] capability exciting or threatening, you may very well be looking at the beginning of what is going to be a strategic inflection point.

Willpower, Page 114

Changing personal behavior to meet standards requires willpower, but willpower without self-awareness is as useless as a cannon commanded by a blind man.

Start With No, Page 114

There seems to be a human impulse to help people answer our questions. We start off with a good interrogative-led question but then answer it for the adversary, or at least throw out possible answers.

Only the Paranoid Survive, Page 114

…you must discipline yourself to think things through and separate the quality of the early versions from the longer-term potential and significance of a new product or technology.

What if it Does Work Out?, Page 114

…only your intuition can guide you to what is right! So listen. And focus on one or two things at a time, maximum, as you are starting out. Add more once you start to catch your stride.

A World Without Email, Page 114

The key is to find ways to minimize context shifts and overload while still getting done what needs to get done.

Grit, Page 114

So, interest – the desire to learn new things, to explore the world, to seek novelty, to be on the lookout for change and variety – it’s a basic drive. – Paul Silvia

Quit, Page 114

When you are doing something that you already know you can accomplish, you’re not learning anything important about whether the endeavor is worth pursuing.

The Speed of Trust, Page 114

…whether you’re dealing with restoring trust or establishing it in the first place, it is results that will convert the cynics.