Quotes About Value

Your time is limited, so it's best to spend it with people who will make you feel like you made the most of your gift of today.

Take 45 Minutes Instead of 43—Is Your Red Face Worth It?

but I know time really is zero-sum, and it's the one thing that no one's making more of.

Valora el coste de no actuar,

Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.

What Really Matters at the End of Life», es una de las quince conferencias TED más vistas del año 2015.

La entrada a la que más envío a la gente se titula: "First, Ten" ("Primero diez"), y habla de una teoría sencilla de marketing que dice: cuéntaselo a diez personas, enséñaselo a diez personas, compártelo con diez personas; diez personas que ya confíen en ti y que ya te valoren.

viví experiencias que no podrían comprarse ni con mil millones

You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into ten-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity." –Ingvar Kamprad

lo que haces es infinitamente más importante que cómo lo haces.

Cuanto más asociamos la experiencia con el valor del dinero, más creemos que el dinero es lo que necesitamos para vivir.

Just because something is more expensive doesn't make it better!

I personally aim for an 8–10× markup, which means a $100 product can't cost me more than $10–12.50.

De este modo, acabamos pasando (tal como lo expresó Thoreau) «la mejor parte de la vida ganando dinero para disfrutar de una libertad discutible en la parte menos valiosa de ella».

ganando dinero para disfrutar de una libertad discutible en la parte menos valiosa de ella».

The number-one theme that companies have when they really struggle is they are not charging enough for their product.

the second derivative conveys just the idea we want—a comparison between the value at x and the average value near x. It is worth noting that if f is linear, then the average of f(x - h) and f(x + h) will be equal to f(x), which fits with the familiar fact that the second derivative of a linear function f is zero.

if, for each t, we write u(t) for the function from to that takes x to u(x, t), then it describes how the function u(t) "evolves" over time. The Cauchy problem for an evolution equation is the problem of determining this evolution from knowledge of its initial value u(0).

Wiccans therefore first come to accept that words are only valuable as signposts and guides that point toward mystic experience.

many of us presume nature has no value beyond our ability to exploit it.

What we are getting at is that, because you are a human being, there is always something you are living for; always some desire, goal, treasure, purpose, value, or craving that controls your heart.

We find it natural that we pay for a plumber or a mechanic, but demand our news for free. If we did not pay for plumbing or auto repair, we would not expect to drink water or drive cars. Why then should we form our political judgement on the basis of zero invetsment? We get what we pay for.

Achamos natural que paguemos por um encanador ou um mecânico, mas procuramos por nossas notícias de graça. Se não pagarmos por encanadores ou mecânicos não esperaremos beber água ou dirigir um carro. Por que, então, deveríamos formar nosso julgamento político com base em zero investimento?"(p. 77)

We find it natural that we pay for a plumber or a mechanic, but demand our news for free. If we did not pay for plumbing or auto repair, we would not expect to drink water or drive cars. Why then should we form our political judgement on the basis of zero investment? We get what we pay for.