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“It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”
Warren Buffett
George Ilian
You can let the person know that you have to check your schedule, or check a prior commitment, before you can give them an answer.
The Art of Saying NO With Grace and Respect
Charlene Richard
Several researchers tried this theory: They created two control groups of random people. One group was forced to be friendly and kind while the other one is free to defend their ideas more aggressively. The same problem was given to these two groups and the results were evaluated. After lots of repetitions, they found that the aggressive group found better ideas and solutions over and over. Technological improvement focuses on the same thing: finding the best solution to problems. Hence, I think we should be able to defend our ideas against each other until we find the best solution by using mathematical proofs or making experiments.
5 Harsh Truths From Linus Torvalds
Ugur Yagmur
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