5 Thomas Sowell Lessons the West Refuses to Learn
1. Poverty is not evidence of injustice
2. There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs
3. Decision makers must face consequences
4. It's not greed to keep what you earn
5. Don't replace what works with what sounds good
@bookingcom we are trying to edit our Hotel's KYC details for almost 6 months now. Not one person can help us. We have sent at least 30 emails and called a similar number of times.
Our KYC details have changed but no way to change it.
@europeanunion You should find a way to get your team to actually solve the problem - if something is going on for 6 months, at least someone should be able to tell us what is going on exactly, rather than just rejecting a REAL registration document, everytime. over and over.
"I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate."
Sir Edmund Hillary
#leadership#management#LFreakquote
You can feel completely right and be absolutely wrong. Unnerving isn’t it?
Imagine the first time someone suggested the earth was round.
#leadership#management#LFreakquote
Most people confuse their life situation with their actual life, which is an underlying flow beneath the everyday events.
Richard Rohr #quote#leadership#management#LFreakquote
Christmas 1914. A soldier writes home & describes the moment British & German troops put down their weapons, chatted, sang carols, exchanged gifts, and played football.
Read the full letter: https://t.co/kU7Ofm244t
There are three kinds of men.
The one that learns by reading.
The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will Rogers
Northeastern @PresidentAoun proposes new field of "humanics" defined by 3 qualities:
1. tech literacy
2. data literacy
3. human literacy
"If we try to compete with machines on their level, we will lose." #MITFutureOfWork
“If you want your car to get 50 miles per gallon, fine. You can retool your car a little bit. But if I tell you your car has to run 500 miles on a gallon of gas, you have to start over.” (WSJ)
#quote@astroteller