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1. The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
Tags: Bigger Picture | Prayer | Cookie | God | Listening a Person |
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2. I don’t care about being right.
I care about success and doing the right thing.
Tags: Success | Being Right | Doing The Right Thing | Bigger Picture |
3. I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.
Tags: Competition | Microsoft | Copy Cat | Competition | Microsoft | Mac | Mindset | Bigger Picture |
4. What I found when I got here was a zillion and one products.
It was amazing.
And I started to ask people, now why would I recommend a 3400 over a 4400?
When should somebody jump up to a 6500, but not a 7300?
And after three weeks, I couldn’t figure this out.
If I couldn’t figure this out… how could our customers figure this out?
Tags: Leadership | Customer Engagement | Bigger Picture | Product | Figuring It Out |
5. We try to focus and do very few things well.
And focusing is hard because focusing doesn’t mean saying yes, it means saying no.
So we decide not to do a lot of things so we can focus on a handful of things and do them well.
Tags: Perfectionism | Planning | Yes Man | Saying No | Strategy | Bigger Picture | Focus | Simple | Complex | Obvious |
6. The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
Tags: Bigger Picture | Prayer | Cookie | God | Listening a Person |
7. When we focus so hard on the tiny details, we leave ourselves open to miss the bigger picture. Details matter and so does an eagles point of view.
Tags: Bigger Picture | Tiny | Detail | Eagle | Perspective | Strategy | Planning | Perfectionism |
8. I don't like the way people cherish the ghetto, as if it’s some royal palace, or kingdom. I also don't like the way people treat each other in the ghetto. It is really hard to find love, trust, and respect. You don't find too many people that want to do better for themselves in the ghetto because so many people seem to be satisfied with where they're at.
Tags: Ghetto Love | Improving | Two Faced People | Fake Happy | Perspective | Bigger Picture | Satisfaction | Hard To Find |
9. Too often we become so consumed with how we spend our days that we lose track of how we are spending our lives.
Tags: Emotionally Drained | Today | Bigger Picture | Life | Work Life | Life Goals | Lifestyle | Live Life | Purpose of Life | Meaning Of Life |
10. Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
Tags: Funny Marriage | Marriage | Planning | Perspective | Bigger Picture | Relationship Goals |
11. A man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Tags: Funny Marriage | Beauty | Character | Decision | Bigger Picture | Perspective | Logic |
12. The universe is a cruel, uncaring void, The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead.
Tags: Bojack Horseman | Bojack Horseman | Death | Bigger Picture | Meaning Of Life | I Dont Care | Let It Go | Arguments | Nonsense | Universe |
13. A true masterpiece does not tell everything.
Tags: Art | Silence | Silence Speaks Louder Than Words | Bigger Picture |