Whatever you think of Floyd Mayweather, a running boxer is a winning boxer.
A running army is a winning army. Mao's army. Genghis's army.
And the first rule of professional Ninjas, run away, run out of danger.
May 4, 2015
Sometimes sales are inevitable
Sometimes sales are inevitable.
In an old HBR magazine, I read about Kiva and its disruptive logistic robots. The technology was good but the price tag was high and they finally had to give away a free trial worth of $ 38 millions.
In the same vein, the story of the University of Phoenix revealed that American schools showed interest in change, in new technology, or in new business models only when they are about to be bankrupt!
On such times, Sun Tzu predicted thousands of years ago that sales are inevitable.
Let us each prepare for that.
In an old HBR magazine, I read about Kiva and its disruptive logistic robots. The technology was good but the price tag was high and they finally had to give away a free trial worth of $ 38 millions.
In the same vein, the story of the University of Phoenix revealed that American schools showed interest in change, in new technology, or in new business models only when they are about to be bankrupt!
On such times, Sun Tzu predicted thousands of years ago that sales are inevitable.
Let us each prepare for that.
Refusing to learn
Refusing to learn is a very clear sign of a good learner.
This is also a form of air tunnelling.
Why? If there is a better workaround, a better substitute, why should we learn the sub-optimal techniques and methods.
Isn't it how humanity made its progress?
If knowledge has truly become a commodity, if information has truly become a commodity, if skills has truly become a commodity, .. what else remains for us to master and to exploit?
This is also a form of air tunnelling.
Why? If there is a better workaround, a better substitute, why should we learn the sub-optimal techniques and methods.
Isn't it how humanity made its progress?
If knowledge has truly become a commodity, if information has truly become a commodity, if skills has truly become a commodity, .. what else remains for us to master and to exploit?
Earth Tunnelling, Air Tunnelling
Earth tunnelling makes me hot and bothered. But, boy, do I enjoy air tunnelling!
In a foreword to a book on the Yum Kippur war, an Israeli general remarked that future battle grounds are getting more and more "congested."
That kind of situation does call for air tunnelling. Tunnelling where there is noting to tunnel, nothing to dig, noting to shovel ... cool ...
In a foreword to a book on the Yum Kippur war, an Israeli general remarked that future battle grounds are getting more and more "congested."
That kind of situation does call for air tunnelling. Tunnelling where there is noting to tunnel, nothing to dig, noting to shovel ... cool ...
What do you mean by 'abstract'?
What do you mean by 'abstract'?
There is no such thing.
Everything can be traced back to something concrete.
Look at Picasso.
Look at Dali.
Look at mathematics.
There is no such thing.
Everything can be traced back to something concrete.
Look at Picasso.
Look at Dali.
Look at mathematics.
Cheer up. You are either talented or inventive!
We all should cheer up because we are either talented or inventive.
If talented, then you can copy and clone the past and present successes and prosper.
If you lack that talent, then whatever you make will be a bit different, a bit unique. In other words, you are original and inventive!
You can be both, but you cannot be neither. Isn't it a bit cheerful thought?
If talented, then you can copy and clone the past and present successes and prosper.
If you lack that talent, then whatever you make will be a bit different, a bit unique. In other words, you are original and inventive!
You can be both, but you cannot be neither. Isn't it a bit cheerful thought?
If you are brave, what will you see
If you are brave, what will you see, and what will you do?
If you are discerning, what will you see, and what will you do?
If you are disciplined, what will you see, and what will you do?
Above all, if you are virtuous, what will you see, and what will you do?
Oh, beloved country, beloved world, what do you see, and what will you do?
If you are discerning, what will you see, and what will you do?
If you are disciplined, what will you see, and what will you do?
Above all, if you are virtuous, what will you see, and what will you do?
Oh, beloved country, beloved world, what do you see, and what will you do?
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