Category: quotes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/03/17/six-ways-your-brain-will-lie-to-you

• Over-Generalization
• Emotional Reasoning
• All-or-Nothing Thinking
• Mental Filter
• ‘Should’ Statements
• Mind Reading

Solve them by:

• Observe and Become Aware of Your Thoughts
• Shift Your Perspective

www.freecodecamp.org/news/important-lessons-they-dont-teach-you-in-business-school/

Here are the sections in this free business course:

• Section 1: Relationships Are More Important Than Product Knowledge
• Section 2: Be Long Term Greedy
• Section 3: Avoid Burnout
• Section 4: Create Off The Charts Confidence; Wear That Super Superman Cape!
• Section 5: Ethics. Use It or Lose It
• Section 6: Every Battle is Won Before It Has Been Fought
• Section 7: Goal Setting
• Section 8: Happiness is…
• Section 9: Legal Stuff is Important
• Section 10: Management Best Practices
• Section 11: Navigating Corporate Politics; Swimming with Sharks
• Section 12: Only Take Advice from Successful People
• Section 13: Only the Paranoid Survive
• Section 14: Risk Taking
• Section 15: Sales Best Practices
• Section 16: Think Different
• Section 17: You Be You

www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220204-the-salary-ignorance-that-keeps-many-workers-underpaid

According to a recent study, most people significantly underestimate what people are earning in similar jobs elsewhere. The researchers argue this holds back people from seeking better paid jobs or higher pay for their current role, and that it particularly disadvantages the lowest earners. They suggest that if workers were more aware of salary disparities, at least 10% of low-paying jobs would simply not be viable at current pay rates.

www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633

The fusion announcement is great news but sadly it won’t help in our battle to lessen the effects of climate change.

There’s huge uncertainty about when fusion power will be ready for commercialisation. One estimate suggests maybe 20 years. Then fusion would need to scale up, which would mean a delay of perhaps another few decades.

And here’s the problem: the need for carbon-free energy is urgent – and the government has pledged that all electricity in the UK must be zero emissions by 2035. That means nuclear, renewables and energy storage.

In the words of my colleague Jon Amos: “Fusion is not a solution to get us to 2050 net zero. This is a solution to power society in the second half of this century.”

“… we spend more money on footballers’ salaries than our entire civilization protection plan…”

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220105-lithium-batteries-big-unanswered-question

www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/google-20-percent-rule-shows-exactly-how-much-time-you-should-spend-learning-new-skills.html

“We encourage our employees, in addition to their regular projects, to spend 20% of their time working on what they think will most benefit Google,”

• Identify Specific Skills: Clearly define the skill you want to learn. Focusing on one specific area rather than spreading yourself thin across multiple subjects helps in achieving faster and more noticeable improvement.
• Seek Value in Every Effort: Even if a project doesn’t lead to immediate success, look for the minimum benefits such as learning new techniques, gaining exposure to different fields, or networking. This ensures your time is never wasted.
• Stay Flexible and Committed: Be disciplined in protecting your learning time, but also flexible enough to adjust when urgent tasks arise. The key is consistency, not a rigid schedule.
• Make it Enjoyable: Incorporate fun elements into your learning process. This could be through interactive methods like working with friends, enjoying relevant media, or engaging in creative projects.
• Think Long-Term: View your learning as a long-term investment. Small, consistent efforts compound over time, leading to significant improvements and opportunities in the future.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a man, my son