#sine

Look for a wave shaped like an A. An A. Hmm. I saw Zs and H's and Vs. I saw the Hindi alphabet and the Thai alphabet. I saw Arabic script. I saw no As. Finally I gave up, and chose the next wave that would have me, which turned out to be a poor move. There is a moment, shortly after one accepts the imminence of one's demise, when it occurs that you could be elsewhere: that if you simply left the house a little later, or lingered over a Mai Tai, you would not be here now confronting your mortality. This moment occurred just as I encountered a very large (from my perspective), rare and surprising wave. A wave that was pitching and howling, and it really had no business being where it was - underneath me. The demon wave picked me up, and after that I have only a a vague recollection of spinning limbs, a weaponized surf board, and chaotic white water, churning together over a reef. I decided surfing was not for me. I generally no longer engage in adrenaline rush activities that carry with them a strong likely hood of life-altering injury. (p. 138) ↗

— J. Maarten Troost

#business

Inherently, Larry & Serge aren't paper-oriented - they're product oriented. If they have another 10 minutes, they want to make something better. They don't want to take 10 minutes to tell you something they did. - Terry Winograd ↗

— Steven Levy

#google #time-management #business

When you’re in another country, remember to do as the locals do, since it is your ways that may seem strange of offensive to them. ↗

— Tracey Wilen

#china #travel #business

Business of all kinds, over the centuries, had atrophied certain sense receptors and areas of the human brain, so that for most of the fellows taking part, the present-day rituals were no more, and even maybe a little less, than hollow mummery. ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#business

I’d even had business cards made up reading, ABIGAIL COOPER, P.I. with teeny-weeny little letters underneath in parentheses spelling out PSYCHIC INTUITIVE. Most people think I’m trying to be clever. The truth is, I’m a chickenshit. ↗

— Victoria Laurie

#p-i #psychic #woard #business

Our body always tells us what it wants and needs—the question is whether we are listening. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#body #business

Hedge funds have made massive leveraged credit bets, knowing that their upside is billions in fees and their downside is millions in fees. ↗

— Janet M. Tavakoli

#finance #financial-crisis #hedge-funds #structured-finance #business

Finally Cub said, "They don't call it global weirding." "I know. But I think that's actually the idea." Cub shook his head. "Weather is the Lord's business. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#business

Silence can bring us into alignment with our thoughts and feelings and help us to hear the quiet spiritual voice of our intuition. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#quiet #silence #spirit #business

The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#balance #intention #thinking #business