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It was right after the revolution,
right after peace had been concluded.
And Ethan Allen went to London to help
our new country conduct its business with the king. The English sneered at how rough
we are and rude and simple-minded and on like that, everywhere he went.
Til one
day he was invited to the townhouse of a great English lord.
Dinner was served,
beverages imbibed, time passed as happens and Mr. Allen found he needed the
privy. He was grateful to be directed to this. Relieved, you might say.
Mr.
Allen discovered on entering the water closet that the only decoration therein
was a portrait of George Washington. Ethan Allen done what he came to do and
returned to the drawing room. His host and the others were disappointed when he
didn't mention Washington's portrait. And finally his lordship couldn't resist
and asked Mr. Allen had he noticed it. The picture of Washington. He had. Well
what did he think of its placement? Did it seem appropriately located to Mr.
Allen? And Mr. Allen said it did. The host was astounded. "Appropriate?
George Washington's likeness in a water closet?" "Yes," said Mr.
Allen, "where it will do good service. The world knows nothing will make
an Englishman shit quicker than the sight of George Washington." I love
that story.
(Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln movie)
#quote
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Everyone must be able to experiment, learn, and iterate.
Position, obedience, and tradition should hold no power.
For innovation to flourish, measurement must rule.
(Werner Vogel , CTO Amazon) #quote
Position, obedience, and tradition should hold no power.
For innovation to flourish, measurement must rule.
(Werner Vogel , CTO Amazon) #quote
21.4.13
Bear Is Cool trouve géniale l'idée du concours lancé par
Expedia et qui consiste à créer des messages à partir des
Code IATA des aéroports
To keep our ancestors
alive, Mother Nature evolved a brain that routinely tricked them into making
three mistakes: overestimating threats, underestimating opportunities, and
underestimating resources (for dealing with threats and fulfilling
opportunities).
(Rick Hanson, neuropsychologist) #quote
At our core we humans are wired to avoid risk. We evolved this way because to our ancestors, it was more costly to miss the sign of a predator (threat) than to miss the sign of food (opportunity).
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On me dit que j'ai menti sur ma situation personnelle. Cela veut dire quoi? Qu'il y aurait des mensonges indignes et d'autres qui seraient dignes?
Quand on ment sur ordre, et pour des raisons politiques, à l'Assemblée, est-ce digne? A ce compte-là, j'ai menti devant l'Assemblée sur la possibilité de réaliser 3% de déficit en 2013.
Si tous ceux qui ont menti à la représentation nationale devaient quitter l'hémicycle, il y en aurait des tonnes.
(Jérome Cahuzac et sa conception du mensonge ) #quote
Quand on ment sur ordre, et pour des raisons politiques, à l'Assemblée, est-ce digne? A ce compte-là, j'ai menti devant l'Assemblée sur la possibilité de réaliser 3% de déficit en 2013.
Si tous ceux qui ont menti à la représentation nationale devaient quitter l'hémicycle, il y en aurait des tonnes.
(Jérome Cahuzac et sa conception du mensonge ) #quote
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Bullets are for guns & to-do list, not for presentations!
(from 10 lessons for captivating presentations )
(from 10 lessons for captivating presentations )
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‘2 pizza team’
Concept Amazon : la taille d’une équipe ne dépasse pas le nombre de personnes que l’on peut nourrir avec 2 pizzas (modèle américain, tout de même), soit de l’ordre de 8 personnes.
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