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47. "The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.” – Vince Lombardi. 48. "Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of ...
Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie. 3. “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to ...
From 'don't work too hard' to 'relax,' here are some of the best -- and oftentimes unconventional -- pieces of advice from successful people.
While writing the book, Gladwell noted that "the biggest misconception about success is that we do it solely on our smarts, ambition, hustle and hard work." [ 4 ] In Outliers , he hopes to show that there are a lot more variables involved in an individual's success than society cares to admit, [ 4 ] and he wants people to "move away from the ...
Proactivity is about taking responsibility for one's reaction to one's own experiences, taking the initiative to respond positively and improve the situation. Covey postulates, in a discussion of the work of psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, that between stimulus and response lies a person's ability to choose how to react, and that nothing can hurt a person without the person's consent.
The cover of The Peter Principle (1970 Pan Books edition). The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not ...
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life is a 2013 nonfiction book by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert. Adams shares many of the techniques and theories from his life which he believes can increase a person's likelihood of success. [1] The book has been reviewed by Forbes India and the Dallas News. [2] [3]
A lot of people like a drunken brawl, and so far those are the people that are winning, and a lot of people are making money out of our brawl.” 2021 Daily Journal Annual Meeting