• “You can’t plan your life, because if you do, it will be too narrow.” – Carlos Ghosn

  • "The purpose of diversification is to force you to own things that you don't want to own." - Charles D. Ellis, Managing partner, Greenich Associates

  • "The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you're very well trained and have some natural aptitude, you still need to keep learning." - Charles Munger, Vice-Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway

  • "Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass." -  Charles Munger, Vice-Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway

  • "If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years, grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men." - Chinese Proverb

  • "A fool learns from mistakes. A wise man learns from history." - Chinese Proverb

 

  • "Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission." - Collin Powell

 

  • “More often than not, failure in innovation is rooted in not having asked an important question, rather than having arrived at an incorrect answer.” -  Clay Christensen

  • "Talent is not universal, but it's widely spread. Give enough people the capacity to create and inevitably gems will emerge." - Chris Anderson, The Long Tail, (Hyperion, 2006)

  • "Walk into a supermarket and you are overwhelmed by abundance and choice. Yet look closer and the utter thinness of this cornucopia is revealed. Wal-Mart's shelves are a mile wide and 24 inches deep but in a world that's actually a mile wide and a mile deep, a veneer of variety just isn't enough." -  Chris Anderson, The Long Tail, (Hyperion, 2006)

 

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