Quotes About Adaptability

Bravery is this gut feeling to not coagulate or crystalize but to stay liquid.

Tom finds a new skill: ping-pong. Why? Because he does what's put in front of him without judgment.

Don't sell yourself short because without that you can't go far in life because after sports the only thing you know is sports and you can't do anything else with that.

The best way to do something 'lean' is to gather a tight group of people, give them very little money, and very little time.

Besides, we don't make mistakes here, we just have happy accidents.

We don't make mistakes here, we just have happy accidents. - from the Joy of Painting

We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up.

You have to be dumb enough to be smart enough to do a job you know nothing about. Loose the pride....

Every man should be capable of all ideas and I understand that in the future this will be the case.

Wow, you guys are like cockroaches," Graham finally said. "You just won't die."16

These are not fever dreams. They are near inevitabilities. It's an easy prediction to make—that Jeff Bezos will do what he has always done. He will attempt to move faster, work his employees harder, make bolder bets, and pursue both big inventions and small ones, all to achieve his grand vision for Amazon—that it be not just an everything store, but ultimately an everything company.

stubborn on vision, flexible on details

It's an easy prediction to make—that Jeff Bezos will do what he has always done. He will attempt to move faster, work his employees harder, make bolder bets, and pursue both big inventions and small ones, all to achieve his grand vision for Amazon—that it be not just an everything store, but ultimately an everything company.

Most companies are not those things. They are focused on the competitor, rather than the customer. They want to work on things that will pay dividends in two or three years, and if they don't work in two or three years they will move on to something else.

A leader must realize his subordinate leaders will be killed or wounded. He must prepare and train other leaders to step up and take over. He, himself, must train his next-in-line to take command in event he is killed, wounded, or evacuated.

they have repeatedly overcome or worked around the forces of the actual—inertia, stasis, entropy—to probe the realm of the possible.

You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.

Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload.

I can't build a simple shelf. I have no idea how to change an oil filter on a car. I can't even stick a stamp on an envelope straight. And I'm always dialling the wrong number. But I have come up with a few original cocktails that people seem to like.

The best way to build a great team is not to select individuals for their smarts or accomplishments but to learn how they communicate and to shape and guide the team so that it follows successful communication patterns.

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." —Shirley Chisholm

The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind.