We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years. A long game will compound small gains to overcome even big mistakes.
If you don't change direction, you may end up where you're heading.
Spend as much time crafting the subject line of an email as the message itself because the subject line is often the only thing people read.
Aim to prioritize simplicity and help your team to focus on understanding problems
EAST: if you want someone to do something, make it easy, attractive, social, and timely
Be an encourager, the world has enough critics already.
People will forget what you do; they will forget what you said. But they’ll never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou
Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape. - The Hogfather
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking - Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Have fun. Fall in love. Regret nothing, and don't let people bring you down. Study, think, create, and grow. Teach yourself and teach others. - Feynman
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. - Seneca
Don't mix confident with competent - cosmodisk
Not all things should be automated - cosmodisk
The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished - Kevin Kelly
When negotiating, dont aim for a bigger piece of the pie; aim to create a bigger pie. - Kevin Kelly
If you repeated what you did today 365 more times will you be where you want to be next year? - Kevin Kelly
You are as big as the things that make you angry. - Kevin Kelly
When you are stuck, explain your problem to others. Often simply laying out a problem will present a solution. Make “explaining the problem” part of your troubleshooting process. - Kevin Kelly
It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers. - Kevin Kelly
A wise man said, “Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?” - Kevin Kelly
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years. A long game will compound small gains to overcome even big mistakes. - Kevin Kelly
A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others. - Kevin Kelly
Spend as much time crafting the subject line of an email as the message itself because the subject line is often the only thing people read. - Kevin Kelly
Don’t wait for the storm to pass; dance in the rain. - Kevin Kelly
When public speaking, pause frequently. Pause before you say something in a new way, pause after you have said something you believe is important, and pause as a relief to let listeners absorb details. - Kevin Kelly
The consistency of your endeavors (exercise, companionship, work) is more important than the quantity. Nothing beats small things done every day, which is way more important than what you do occasionally. - Kevin Kelly
Immediately pay what you owe to vendors, workers, contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first next time. - Kevin Kelly
About 99% of the time, the right time is right now - Kevin Kelly
If you don't change direction, you may end up where you're heading.
As, therefore, the two principal qualities required in an Orator, are to be neat and clear in stating the nature of his subject, and warm and forcible in moving the passions; and as he who fires and inflames his audience, will always effect more than he who can barely inform and amuse them... - Cicéron
Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands. - Someone
Thinking is also work
Ignore Confident Forecasters, ignore universal solutions - Philip E. Tetlock
Litmus test for effective leadership: any room that you enter should have more certainty and a firmer plan by the time that you leave it.
Tell the team what you need them to accomplish and how the results will be measured, and let them figure out the best way to solve the problems - Marty Cagan
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson
We don’t build software like a bridge; we grow it like a garden.
Tim Cook priorities : 1. People, 2. Strategy, 3. Execution
We need to solve the underlying problem, not just deliver a feature - Marty Cagan
Baker's Dozen: The key to good hospitality is to delight your guests with an unexpected gift. If you run a hotel, leave a chocolate on the bed. If you run a bakery, give your customers one extra bagel. If you write a tweetstorm, share an extra idea.
Legibility: We are blind to what we cannot measure. Not everything that counts can be measured, and not everything that can be measured counts. But people manage what they can measure, so society repeats the same mistakes.
Be an encourager, the world has enough critics already.
Hock Principle: Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior.
You have to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology - Steve Jobs
Résoudre les problèmes le plus tôt possible dans la chaîne de valeur
To calculate is not in itself to analyze. -- Edgar Allen Poe, Murders in the Rue Morgue
Que de choses il faut ignorer pour agir - Paul Valéry
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. - E. B. White
Ne demandez par leur opinion aux gens mais une description détaillée de leur situation
Ce sont les choses qu'on ne fait pas qui nous fatiguent - Clara Gaymard
Think through time — What do the consequences look like in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 Years?
Refaites vos choix
Pour faire un choix important, envisagez plusieurs scénarios.
Donne tes Lego, il y en a plein d'autres à construire.
You can’t develop courage without the lion
Fall in love with the problem not the solution.
Don’t be data-driven. Be data-informed.
Aim to prioritize simplicity and help your team to focus on understanding problems
Before you make an offer to someone, think about whether you’d like to have 10 times as many people like them in your company.
Define your vision, goals and objectives for your life, business, health etc. At the end of each day write down the six most important tasks that you need to complete the following day to achieve your vision, goals and objectives. Prioritize these six tasks. Each day begin with most important task on the list and do not move onto the next task until the previous one is complete
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.
Nous ne sommes pas nos pensées
EAST: if you want someone to do something, make it easy, attractive, social, and timely