On Wisdom

“Silence is a fence which preserves wisdom.”

–Pirkei Avot

philosophy

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“You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner. You’ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.”

–Jack Welch

strategy

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“We have a ’strategic’ plan. It’s called doing things.”

–Herb Kelleher

business

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“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”

–Tom Peters

innovation

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on market research

“If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

 –Henry Ford

innovation

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“Wanted. Men for hazardous journey. Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful.  Honor and recognition in the event of success.”

–1907 ad by Ernest Shackleton for crew to explore South Pole

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“Either your children were the center of your life, or they were not.  Everything else was commentary.”

–The philosophy of Alice Trillin as discussed by Calvin Trillin in The New Yorker

philosophy

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“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

philosophy

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A path of pleasantness and peace

“Our mission in life is not to shake up the world but to fasten its pegs. Not to climb to the heavens and holler and roar, but to walk softly on the ground. Not to create a storm but rather a dwelling, an earthly home for the essence of G-d.If a storm is needed, so it shall be. As for us, we will continue on our path, the path of Torah, solidly planted on the earth. A path of pleasantness and peace, bringing order to chaos step by step, until all the boundlessness of the Infinite Light is arranged firmly in our world.”

–Tzvi Freeman

philosophy

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“To be is to do.”

–Immanuel Kant

motivational

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