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And in it, King talks about extremism. “The question,” he says “is not whether we will be extremist, but what kind of extremists we will be.” Warren Buffett, the uninspiring Coke-drinker from Omaha, is an extremist. He’s exceptional at finding and buying companies. Winston Churchill, while he might have been a poor policy maker, was exceptional at inspiring uncompromising resistance. Susan B. Anthony was really good at focusing her energies, and those of the people around her, on a specific goal. Steve Jobs was really good at creating hardware and software that was delightful to use. George Patton was really good at fighting, with his whole being, whatever was in front of him on any given day. And John F. Kennedy was really good at making the future feel universal and morally uplifting. What each of these leaders had in common was that they were really good at something—each was, in their different way, an extremist.
Nine Lies About Work
Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall
Benford's Law: Numbers in natural sets of data are not uniformly distributed (e.g. 30% of numbers have 1 as their first digit). Used by the IRS and other tax agencies to determine if you've lied about your finances.
My Peoples, the Time Has...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer.
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
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