David F. Singleton

Small Business Accountant & Advisor | Helping small businesses achieve their goals.

[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

He chose the splendid noun logothete, which he had recently tried out on Edith Wharton. It had vague connotations of word-spinning, but in fact meant little more than a bureaucrat, or petty accountant in ancient Constantinople.

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“Important men,” Roosevelt said, “do not bother themselves with details.…”

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Africa’s way of reducing every problem of existence to dire alternatives—shoot or starve, kill or be killed, shelter or suffer, procreate or count for nothing—has clarified his thinking, purged him of politics and its constant search for compromise. https://t.co/FG4zol1BKi

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He didn’t drink. That was enough to make me suspicious of him.

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“A boy gets to be a man when a man is needed. Remember this thing. I have known boys forty years old because there was no need for a man.”

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And, on the contrary, it is seen that when princes have thought more of ease than of arms they have lost their states.

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And he who does not properly manage this business will soon lose what he has acquired, and whilst he does hold it he will have endless difficulties and troubles.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

If I had a million dollars I would have it ever cent invested in real estate within ninety days.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

I don’t really believe in “once in a lifetime” opportunities. There are always more opportunities to be had, and we can’t let the fear of missing out lead us into an overpacked list of demands.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

I have all the time I need to accomplish what matters most.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

Information is no longer scarce. But attention is. In fact, in a world where information is freely available, focus becomes one of the most valuable commodities in the workplace.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

I’m smart enough now to know I’m stupid. That’s progress.

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Another day, another staff meeting. Who would have thought saving the world could be so boring?

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

What do you love doing so much that the words failure and success essentially become irrelevant?

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

Trust me, if you want to complain, you’ll always find plenty to complain about, even when fortune appears to be shining her favor upon you.

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Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Somethin’ he could live on and there couldn’t nobody throw him off of it.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

We didn’t walk 2,200 miles, it’s true, but here’s the thing: we tried.

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[David F. Singleton @singletondavidf]

It was more than a little discouraging. The best I could do was to do, well, the best I could do. Anyway, I had to try.

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