The most influential communicators are the ones that can boil an idea down to its core and translate it into simple, straightforward language. Here’s a perfect example from Seth Godin:
“Persistence isn’t using the same tactics over and over. That’s just annoying. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.”
 
Simple. Profound. Right on the money.

I wish more people in the business world would get how they create negative, counterproductive atmospheres when mistakes are made and blame is casually thrown around as a bi-product of scorched-egos. The following short, taken from my recent reading of What Happy People Know - How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life [...]

As an African proverb says, “Until lions have their historians, all tales of hunting will glorify the hunter.”

Last night I had a hankering to revisit a book that I read in Grad School called Emotional Intelligence - Why It can Matter more than IQ. For the emotionally aware, it’s a great read, albeit a little tough going given all the neuro-psychology lingo, but it’s pretty damn intriguing. After pulling it out of [...]

What strikes me most about Einstein’s writings (this one in particular) is how very humble he seems. For a man who has been deservedly named the greatest thinker of our time (and arguably of all time) he stresses his individuality in principal only and always makes reference to kinship, his need to give back and [...]

 ”An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.”
- Mahatma Gandhi

I dont know where I heard this quote, but I had it written down on a piece of scrap paper and I, apparently, still think it’s worth writing down. Although short, it’s reasonably profound advice.
“Appreciate certain facets of people for what they are without the expectation of renaissance men.”