#kindlehighlight

Imagine what the world might have been like if Larry and Sergey instead became professors or took a job at Microsoft. ↗

— Jared Tame

#imagination

Indeed, kids who start lying at two or three—or who can control verbal leakage at four or five—do better on other tests of academic prowess. “Lying is related to intelligence,” confirmed Talwar, “but you still have to deal with it. ↗

— Po Bronson

#intelligence

Self-knowledge liberates us from the frustration of ignorance, while simultaneously nurturing and supporting our capacity for intelligence. Objectivity ↗

— Charles Hayes

#intelligence

need to let go of the need to be in control. ↗

— Charlene Li

#leadership

this process isn’t suitable for complex decisions that have nuance, and those who use it in such situations run the risk of being perceived as rubberstamping when the decision had already been made. ↗

— Charlene Li

#leadership

You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t edge others out, you don’t demand your rights, and you aren’t self-serving when you’re surrendered. ↗

— Rick Warren

#life

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics? ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#life

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living. ↗

— Brent Curtis

#life

Think of the inconvenience of vanishing as it were from your friends and, correspondents three times in one's natural life. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#life

Happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, joy, love... All these things work the same way. The more you search for them, the less likely you are to find them. ↗

— Patrick Rhone

#love