Here's the PART 20 of our Investment and Life Lessons series.
Thus the master makes things change without interfering. She is probing yet causes no harm. Straightforward, yet does not impose her will. Radiant, and easy on the eye - Lao Tzu
Do not meddle with people’s livelihood; by respecting them they will in turn respect you - Lao Tzu
The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry - Lao Tzu
Only he who is the lowest servant of the kingdom, is worthy of becoming its ruler. He who is willing to tackle the most unpleasant tasks, is the best ruler in the world. True sayings seem contradictory - Lao Tzu
The Tao of Heavens nourishes by not forcing. The Tao of the Wise Person acts by not competing - Lao Tzu
Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god ― Aristotle
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease - Sun Tzu
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory - Sun Tzu
The helpful orientation of performance management is that “to rate” is not the end in view - but to enable the employees to realize the goals. - Prof. Rachel Consunji
Mahalaga ang pagpansin - Rachel Consunji
Christians begin and begin and again - St Josemaria Escriva
Empower and let your subordinates learn. Make suggestions and ask questions instead of telling them what to do. This will also ease the manager the burden of doing more work because his people are individually independent - Prof. Rachel Consunji
In coaching, the agenda is the coachee - Prof Rachel Consunji
It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do - Steve Jobs
Knowing how to ask questions is a fantastic skill to have - Prof Rachel Consunji
It’s the disposition - Prof Rachel Consunji
Lead by asking questions - Prof Rachel Consunji
More important than the will to win is the will to prepare.
The only option is to take the gamble. Because what you call “an incredible uncertainty” is our one and only change of achieving victory - Dot Pyxis
For something new to begin, something old has to stop - Prof Rachel Consunji
For us to have good new beginnings, something has to end - William Bridges
Change and transition is a process that to go through a neutral zone - Prof Rachel Consunji
Rituals help because it gives a sign of ends and beginnings - Prof Rachel Consunji
The first person you need to manage in change management is yourself - Prof Rachel Consunji
The best time to change/start something new is when things are getting comfortable - Prof Rachel Consunji
Don't let your S-curve plateau, start another S-curve - Prof Rachel Consunji
What the country needs is not a change OF men but a change IN men - Dick Gordon
I do what I have to do, the rest does not disturb me - Marcus Aurelius
In school you are given the lesson first, then the test… But in life, you are given the test and then you learn your lesson
We are successful together but NEVER without each other - Angela Baguisi Peralta
When you hear people say, its for the drug dealers maybe you should invest in it
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination - Ramon Melchor Tejero
Tale of the wolves - the wolf that you will feed
If you want to ensure failure, just follow your passions with no regard to scale or income. This is a trap that the masses believe in. Just because you love something doesn’t mean you’ll be good at it. The only thing you should love is winning/being the best. - BowTied Bull
When you're winning, you mustn't stop - Jose Rosado
When you're winning, you must double down on what's working - Jose Rosado
I’m a firm believer of a good diagnosis - Rachel Consunji
It’s funny that the change itself may be good, but the initial reaction to change is usually negative - Rachel Consunji
As leaders, change is not just about the technical, but also of the emotional transition
Emotions cannot be dealt with en masse - Rachel Consunji
What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change - John Kotter
All of us are political, but not all of us are politicians - Prof. Rachel Consunji
Models are there to guide but do not be behaldon, they are not gospel - Prof. Rachel Consunji
Roll with the punches - Rachel Consunji
You have to know how to read the room - Rachel Consunji
Everyone is political but not everyone is a politician - Rachel Consunji
Politics is a natural result of resource scarcity - Rachel Consunji
The world today is full of flux and transformation - RC
Culture refers to a set of understandings or meanings shared by a group of people - Dreman
Change is painful at first, messy in the middle but gorgeous at the end - Prof Rachel Consunji
A gentleman has the ability — the power, cleverness, confidence, and even the desire — to ride roughshod over your interests, muscle you aside, and manipulate you…but, he has instead voluntarily chosen to restrain himself to follow a more moral course
He’s a coiled spring, and his self-control showcases one of the timeless markers of manhood: will
The highest praise that one can give a man is that he is capable of doing harm but chooses not to - Paul Friedrich
Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power
To the degree that moderation is more rare in kings, to that degree it is more to be lauded
The truly humble cannot be humiliated
To make good moves, you have to be in a good position - Tate
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
When you tolerate everything, you stand for nothing
Figures don't lie but liars figure
Volatility is the price you pay for the best performing asset in history
Better a year early, than a day late
There’s always a new mountain to climb - Tate
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth - Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
The number one rule of life is do not die - Tate
The rich stay rich by living below their means and investing consistently, while the poor stay poor by living beyond their means without investing at all.
Full Send - An action where the consequences are not thought through. A Full Sender gives no fucks about what might happen after the Send
Vanity is the devil’s favorite sin
There are 3 things all wise men fear: the sea at storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man - Patrick Rothfuss
Demons run when a good man goes to war - the Doctor
If you're gonna play the game, boy. You gotta learn to play it right - The Gambler
Hard Work is pointless in the face of real talent
A man without a vision for his future always returns to his past
"Woe to the Conquered" (Vae Victis) became a battle cry for some Roman legions. The intent was to shout it as a reminder that the hardships of defeat were greater than those in the path to victory, and thus push harder. It was a call to ignore the pain necessary for victory…
When you’re looking at yachts, take some fucking profits - Dfarmee
Those who have swords and know how to use them but keep them sheath will inherit the world
the cemeteries are full of fools who mistook another man's silence for weakness
Nothing is more dangerous than a silent man after being insulted - Sun Tzu
This sorrow [of laziness or acedia] is a lack of magnanimity; it lacks courage for the great things that are proper to the nature of the Christian. It is a kind of anxious vertigo that befalls the human individual when he becomes aware of the height to which God has raised him. One who is trapped in acedia has neither the courage nor the will to be as great as he really is. He would prefer to be less great in order thus to avoid the obligation of greatness.
Thou shall not avoid the obligation of greatness
A person is magnanimous, in the words of Josef Pieper, “if he has the courage to seek what is great and becomes worthy of it.
Women were put on this earth to make selfish men happy - Victor Pride
Negotiation is about both people walking away from the table satisfied. Not about winning - Jerome Montino
A Ho Without Instruction Is Headed for Self-Destruction
I just tell the truth, and telling the truth is crazy in a world full of lies
A well-played game is a sign of a gentleman, but an expertly played game is a sign of a wasted life
We’re fools whether we dance or not so we might as well dance.
Making money is action, keeping money is behavior, growing money is wisdom
With gold, time works wonders.
The marketplace disciplines the undisciplined
In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost
It’s better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war
Fairy tales do not tell children dragons exist. Children already know the dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed - Chesterton
If they can love you quickly, they can hate you quickly. (⅓)
Means they are prone to sudden and intense swings in emotion and perception, and thus not reliable. (⅔)
Healthy love builds slowly through shared experience. Fast, intense love is whimsical and should be treated suspiciously. (3/3)
Nobody likes a warrior until the enemy is at the gate
She fell first, he fell harder
Money don't make me, I make money - Floyd Mayweather
Humans argue, nature acts - Voltaire
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