Quotes About Insight

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."—Henry David Thoreau

Blinkist—an app that condenses nonfiction books into 15-minute reads.

The only true voyage would be not to travel through a hundred different lands with the same pair of eyes, but to see the same land through a hundred different pairs of eyes." —MARCEL PROUST

That cliché you ignored like a throwaway fortune cookie? Suddenly it makes sense and moves mountains. Conversely, things you initially found enlightening might run their course, like a wonderful high school coach who needs to hand you off to a college coach for you to reach the next level.

John Dewey's dictum that "a problem well put is half-solved

Always ask: What am I missing? And listen to the answer.

GOOD QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN TACKLING INCUMBENT COMPANIES (OR IDEAS) "How is their bread buttered?" "What is it that they can't afford to say or think?

Cuál es el peor consejo que ves u oyes dar en tu negocio o en tu especialidad?

Poor Charlie's Almanac: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (Charles T. Munger),

I also keep a handful of blank pages in my morning journal to build a quote section over the course of the journal (pulling quotes from reading, podcasts, etc.). That way, I can easily refer back to it and flip through when looking for some insight.

Because being wrong is just an opportunity to find more of the truth.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)

El genio es solamente la facultad superior de ver.» JOHN RUSKIN, afamado artista y crítico social

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger

being able to view things as they are as opposed to what everybody says about them,

Gain a language and you gain a second lens through which to question and understand the world.

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger

while the world is a gold mine, you need to go digging in other people's heads to unearth riches.

No one cares if you are a people person. Have a point of view, and share it meaningfully, thoughtfully, and with conviction.

To me, it means using pain to find clarity. If pain is examined and not ignored, it can show you what to excise from your life.

Steven Pinker: anything. He's one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time. Among many other things, he convinced me that I could never understand myself without understanding how humans evolved.

Buffett told him, "Investing in yourself is the most important investment you'll ever make in your life. . . . There's no financial investment that'll ever match it, because if you develop more skill, more ability, more insight, more capacity, that's what's going to really provide economic freedom. . . . It's those skill sets that really make that happen.

something like, "You're totally right. I never thought about that.

John Dewey's dictum that "a problem well put is half-solved" applies.