Posts Tagged ‘quote’

Programmers & Wealth

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

And so it’s clearer to programmers that wealth is something that’s made, rather than being distributed, like slices of a pie.

– Paul Graham in How to Make Wealth

Handling “emergencies” with GTD

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Probably 95% of my usage of my own system is to allow me to feel comfortable with a change of plans.

David Allen

We Are What We Repeatedly Do

Friday, August 27th, 2010

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
– Aristotle

Except for this one thing

Monday, July 19th, 2010

If it’s been done “except for this one thing” for days, there’s likely a design problem with that one thing.

37signals Ryan

Patterns

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

We go based on the patterns that have worked before to get us where we’ve got, as if where we are is exactly where we want to be.

– T Harv Eker

Joy

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Joy is a clue from the heart.

– T Harv Eker

Bars in your prison

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

My contention is that every single one of the things that you’re doing based in fear and obligation is simply another bar in your prison — the prison that you’re holding yourself in.

– T Harv Eker

Scarcity + Shipping

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Scarcity creates value. People pay extra for things that are hard to get, while things that have a surplus go cheap. That’s basic economics.

So, what’s scarce? The ability to ship.

– Seth Godin

The Pie Fallacy

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

A surprising number of people retain from childhood the idea that there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world. [...] What leads people astray here is the abstraction of money. Money is not wealth. It’s just something we use to move wealth around.

– Paul Graham on How to Make Wealth

Deadlines

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Handing in work just a little bit early is a sure-fire way to tell a positive story and get the attention you seek.

– Seth Godin about Deadlines