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It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.
It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside read more
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually read more
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to read more
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.
The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men read more
The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.