- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people talk of the economy being strong, they don't seem to feel that they, too, are better off.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of books about how to get organized and a lot of books about how to be better and more productive at business, but I don't know of one that grounds any of these in the science.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been interested in peak performance, why some people do better in life than others.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to blinker ourselves, to better monitor our attentional focus. Enforced periods of no email or Internet to allow us to sustain concentration have been shown to be tremendously helpful. And breaks - even a 15-minute break every two or three hours - make us more productive in the long run.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try hard to always question myself and wonder, 'What could I have done better? What did I do wrong?' The culture at our company is to be self-critical, but you have to balance that as a leader with praise for your team.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad told remarkable stories about how kindness helped him through, and he lived his life afterward always trying to make people's lives better.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the most part, cookies aren't dangerous. They were created so advertisers could get a better idea of who you are and what you're interested in, so they could send you ads you're more likely to find relevant.
- Deeper Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense mental exercise develops a deeper level of thinking than is typically encountered when playing poker.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the primary reasons why the human brain has evolved to look so far into the future is so that we can take actions in the present that will bring us to a better future rather than a worse one.
- Dalai
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- Nov 07, 2020
The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.
- Cognitive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some children naturally have more cognitive control than others, and in all kids this essential skill is being compromised by the usual suspects: smartphones, TV, etc. But there are many ways that adults can help kids learn better cognitive control.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020