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34. Ideograph:
Tyrants gain and maintain power by claiming to represent a higher authority: God, Nation, Justice, the People. These are intangible abstracts, to which any requirement can be attributed, authorizing the tyrant to do as he pleases. (see also: Glittering Generality)
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
I have seen far too many people who upon recognizing today’s gap try very hard to determine what decision has to be made to close it. But today’s gap represents a failure of planning sometime in the past. By analogy, forcing ourselves to concentrate on the decisions needed to fix today’s problem is like scurrying after our car has already run out of gas. Clearly we should have filled up earlier. To avoid such a fate, remember that as you plan you must answer the question: What do I have to do today to solve—or better, avoid—tomorrow’s problem?
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
The Rooms Razor
If you have a choice between entering two rooms, choose the room where you are more likely to be the dumbest one in the room.
Once you are in the room, talk less and listen more.
Bad for your ego, great for your growth.
“Razors” Are Rules of Th...
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