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Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking advantage of circumstances. [1]Although in many societies opportunism often has a strong negative moral connotation, it may also be defined more neutrally as putting self-interest before other interests when there is an opportunity to do so, or flexibly adapting to changing circumstances to maximize self-interest (though usually in a ...
The Matthew effect may largely be explained by preferential attachment, whereby wealth or credit is distributed among individuals according to how much they already have. This has the net effect of making it increasingly difficult for low ranked individuals to increase their totals because they have fewer resources to risk over time, and ...
Kairos ( Ancient Greek: καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right or critical moment'. [1] In modern Greek, kairos also means 'weather' or 'time'. It is one of two words that the ancient Greeks had for ' time '; the other being chronos ( χρόνος ).
Positive ends – The possibility of taking advantage of a new security environment to create conditions for long-term peace – Wass de Czege; Primary Trinity – (1) primordial violence, hatred, and enmity; (2) the play of chance and probability; and (3) war's element of subordination to rational policy – Clausewitz
Funny Quotes. “My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me.”. — Garry Shandling. “People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys ...
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In chess, one's ability to prevent enemy attacks often depends on maintaining the initiative – i.e., making a series of threats that the opponent must use his turns to parry, rather than launching his own attacks; thus, common tips used in conjunction with this adage are that the best way to upset an opponent's plans is to become menacing and ...
One of the unfortunate side effects of financial success is that it puts a bullseye on your back. Where there's money, there will always be people looking to take advantage of those who earned it ...