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Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum. ”
The stock market is like a small row boat on a rough sea, bouncing around as it drifts, whereas the macro economy is like a large ocean liner, very ponderous and difficult to maneuver but without such a rough journey. ”
I've got deeper journeys to take. Metaphysical journeys. Journeys to see Christ. Shaman journeys. It's what I've been elected by God to do. ”
I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special. ”
Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you should do this. ”
In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. ”
Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is. ”
Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession. ”
Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management, that's deal making. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession. ”
Management teams aren't good at asking questions. In business school, we train them to be good at giving answers. ”