If you are not actively seeking and creating opportunities, which always contain an element of risk, you are actually exposing yourself to more serious risks in the long term.
Tony BuzanThe best results are achieved by using the right amount of effort in the right place at the right time. And this right amount is usually less than we think we need.
Tony BuzanThe desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.
Tony BuzanAnd suddenly, I realized the system that I was in did not know what intelligence was, didn't know how to identify smart and not smart. They called me the best, when I knew I wasn't, and they called him the worst, when he was the best. I mean, there could be no more antipodal environment. So I began to question: What is intelligence? Who says? Who says you're smart? Who says you're not smart? And what do they mean by that?
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