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  • Fortitudine Vincimus

    ( By Endurance We Conquer) Fortitudine Vincimus ( By Endurance We Conquer) It was the family motto of Sir Ernest Shackleton, and the phrase gave name to the ship used for his world-famous polar expedition.… Read more

  • Hope

    “Art is the highest form of hope,” Gerhard Reichter Read more

  • The Art of living

    Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles… Read more

  • More effort creates beauty and magic and remarkabilty.

    Expending more effort than most people think is sufficient. This is attention to detail. Care in design. Follow through in customer service. This is an embrace of elegance and wabisabi and the opposite of laziness.… Read more

  • What’s most important is to stop the rust before it starts.

    One cannot emphasise enough that paint is the essential element to preserve a metal structure and the care taken with the painting is the only guarantee that it will last . . . What’s most… Read more

  • Salvador Dali: Slumber with a key

    You must seat yourself in a bony armchair, preferably of Spanish style, with your head tilted back and resting on the stretched leather back. Your two hands must hang beyond the arms of the chair,… Read more

  • Jeffersonian Lunch

    Jeffersonian lunch The rules were simple: One conversation per table. No side conversations allowed. The reason I love this Jeffersonian idea is that it eliminates the awkwardness from a dinner table discussion. You are not… Read more

  • Shultz Hour

    When George Shultz was secretary of state in the 1980s, he liked to carve out one hour each week for quiet reflection. He sat down in his office with a pad of paper and pen,… Read more

  • Magnus Carlsen: It’s always better to be overly confident than pessimistic.

    And I think it’s always better to be overly confident than pessimistic. I realize sometimes after games that, you know, I was actually way too confident here. I was way too optimistic. But if you’re… Read more

  • 7 ideas from David Ogilvy:

    1. Search all the parks in all your cities; you’ll find no statues of committees. 2. In the best companies promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime. 3.  Don’t bunt.… Read more