“I think about decisions in three ways: hats, haircuts, and tattoos. Most decisions are like hats. Try one and if you don’t like it, put it back and try another. The cost of a mistake is low, so move quickly and try a bunch of hats. Some decisions are like haircuts. You can fix a […]
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Richard Feynman in Cal Tech commencement: After you have not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. But not fooling yourself is far from easy. Because, liking your own ideas, you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Phillips Feynman, (born May 11, 1918, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 15, 1988, Los […]
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“Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.” Prov. 12:15 GNT “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russell When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. – […]
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“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin109276.html Random: The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. “As you think about […]
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“The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.” – Gustave Flaubert “The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.” – Pierre Abelard
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CONFUCIOUS SAY… “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” -Appel and Nelson, How to Change Your Church, p. 313. No one volunteers for change or growth. We only change when we’re in pain. When the pain of staying the way we are exceeds our fear of change – that’s when we grow. [From […]