Catégorie : Quote
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Cyril Northcote Parkinson, Naval historian and management theorist
People who are “unconsciously incompetent” don’t know they’re incompetent—they know so little about the subject that they can’t fully appreciate how little they actually know. That’s why every barber and taxi driver you meet is an expert on the economy and international politics.
Josh, Kaufman – The Personal MBA
How we feel is, in large part, determined by how we think we feel.
David J Schwartz – The Magic of Thinking Big
It’s intellectual hubris to think that with a few minutes of googling our opinions are on par with people who have spent their lives in a domain. And yet we’ve been taught that we are entitled to our own opinion and that it deserves equal weighting. Sure you hold your own opinion, but it doesn’t deserve equal weighting.
Distrust of Intellectual Authority
You could be good today. But instead you choose tomorrow.
Marcus Aurelus
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
Épictète
Une fois que ma décision est prise, j’hésite longuement.
Jules Renard
You don’t control the outcome. So don’t attach your happiness and self-esteem to it.
Winners find solutions, losers find excuses.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr
We inhabit time as fish live in water.
Carlo Rovelli – The Order of Time
Life is a game of negotiating boundaries.
Zat Rana
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius
You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.
John Maxwell
To get the right things done, choosing what to ignore is as important as choosing where to focus.
Peter Bregman
J’arrive toujours là où je vais en m’éloignant de l’endroit où j’étais.
Winnie l’ourson
The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live.
Peter H. Diamandis
L’excellence est un art que l’on n’atteint que par l’exercice constant. Nous sommes ce que nous faisons de manière répétée. L’excellence n’est donc pas une action mais une habitude.
Aristote
La plupart des conseils d’adultes sont des clichés d’merde.
Parce qu’ils ont pas compris l’jeu mais ils suivent les règles.
Orelsan – Notes pour trop tard
1–1+1–1+1–1 ⋯ = 1/2
A = 1–1+1–1+1–1⋯
1-A=1-(1–1+1–1+1–1⋯)
1-A=1–1+1–1+1–1+1⋯
1-A =A
1-A+A=A+A
1 = 2A
1/2 = A
Part of the Ramanujan Summation.