Comey sanctimoniously writes, «Other
than mistakes in the way I presented myself in the July 5 public statement in front of the television cameras,... if I could do it all again, I would do the same thing.»
Not exact matches
It's just that he got so busy that he didn't realize how much time had gone by where he had not checked
in with several of his contacts — an easy
mistake for most small business owners who feel like every day is shorter
than the last.
In recent years, I've taken the role of mentor a lot more seriously, knowing how many
mistakes of mine could have been avoided had I been humble enough to turn to someone who knew more
than I did.
The most costly thing could be a
mistake in the business insurance process, because if you're not covered when you thought you were, you'll end up paying more
than you ever intended.
Mistakes will be made, but why not learn from the stumbles of those that came before you?Particularly
in the digital era, there are more ways to save as an entrepreneur or small business owner
than ever before.
I always move quickly, and
in today's market, no matter what you're
in, you can recover from a
mistake faster
than you can recover from not doing.
The key to achieve greatness lies
in one's ability to treat each
mistake as a lesson, rather
than a crushing defeat, and view failure not as a «game over» sign, but rather, as a tool on the journey to even greater heights.
Through my years of experience advising and investing
in startups (and founding my own), it's clear that
mistakes in the beginning stages of startup development are far more the norm
than the exception.
Indeed, it takes longer to fix the
mistakes you make when you're moving too quickly
than it does to avoid those errors
in the first place by taking the necessary precautions.
In that sense I may be a fool, but if I am, I'm offering you the chance to be wise and learn from my
mistakes rather
than repeating them.
More
than 250,000 people
in the US die yearly because of medical
mistakes, making it the third - leading cause of death.
In some ways, Google's
mistakes are arguably more dangerous
than the fake news that circulates on Facebook.
If the answer is anything other
than that it's an odd
mistake, then you say, «While your job is specialist, that's the title you need to use
in your emails and other places.»
In other words, better to contextualize your own
mistakes than let the media do it for you.
It's far easier to alter the impact of a
mistake earlier rather
than later
in the game.
People who take the blame, who say they are sorry and explain why they are sorry, who don't try to push any of the blame back on the other person... those are people everyone wants
in their lives, because they instantly turn a
mistake into a bump
in the road rather
than a permanent roadblock.
Another
mistake pollsters made was to assume an electorate that looked more like the one that voted
in 2004 and less like 2008, which had larger -
than - usual minority and youth turnout.
So rather
than learning from our
mistakes, we tend to double down and get further entrenched
in our position as a defense mechanism.
With the advantages of youth on your side — a fresh perspective on business ideas, possibly low overhead (if you're living at home rent - free), and the ability to make
mistakes early
in the game and have plenty of time to correct them — starting a business is a very attractive option for young people who would rather answer to themselves
than earn minimum wage.
I've also posted research showing that women make fewer dumb
mistakes, are calmer
in a crisis, and that women
in business are on average smarter
than men.
Solomon: Now comes true confessions time: Anything you can share that you would have done differently
in your career - something that readers can learn from rather
than repeating a
mistake themselves?
The consequence of a
mistake in military service far exceeds risks involved
in business; life and death are clearly more significant
than profit and loss.
The clear consensus of the directors surveyed was that the corporate environment moves faster and is less forgiving of
mistakes in selecting the CEO
than in the past.
If I'd spent more time listening, and correcting
mistakes, rather
than arguing and committing to them, ThoughtBasin would have been
in a much stronger position.
Breaking more
than four days of silence, Zuckerberg admitted
mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data
in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump - connected data - mining firm.
«People spend more time planning for their next vacation
than for retirement — a huge
mistake,» said Scott Bishop, partner and executive vice president of financial planning at STA Wealth Management
in Houston, Texas.
The biggest
mistakes startups make are not talking to enough prospects before diving
in and not understanding the target market, which might result
in focusing on multiple ideas rather
than one main idea.
Trump is seeking high growth now, not
in 2020 or 2024, and I think it's a
mistake for investors to dismiss him,» Marko said, adding that the president's goal of 4 percent GDP growth is more
than attainable.
Though Rivera had initially said the aircraft was more
than 60 years old, Puerto Rico Air National Guard spokesman Maj. Paul Dahlen said Thursday that was a
mistake, and the plane was manufactured
in the early 1970s, making it more
than 40 years old.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing
in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger
than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more
than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity
in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't
mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live
in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
The formula for invention success is a mix of creativity, knowledge of development and marketing (Market - Step process), having the mindset to take risks (even small ones), willingness to learn from
mistakes (rather
than quitting), and the right timing
in the market.
One alternative use of a lexicon is applying legendary investor Charlie Munger's advice that it's better to first «avoid stupidity»
than to pursue brilliance —
in other words, how might a lexicon help your team avoid making
mistakes?
This higher
than average level dates from the 1960s, when French governments promoted diesel
in the
mistaken belief that it was cleaner
than gasoline.
That's because there's a margin of safety, or a buffer, that's often built right
in when you buy a dividend growth stock that's undervalued, as that favorable gap between price and value also means there's less of a possibility that the stock becomes worth less
than you paid through some kind of negative event (corporate malfeasance, investor
mistake, etc.).
I'm uncomfortable with the risk of owning fewer
than 10, because we live
in a dynamic world and you do make
mistakes.
Lesson from this investing
mistake, I now have a rule that I don't hold more
than 3 % of my portfolio
in any individual stock.
Say, for example, rather
than having a committed belief
in the right to bear arms, you have identified yourself as a raging bull on some US tech stock, the fact such a bias could lead you to make
mistakes when analysing fresh data on that business does not bode well for the success of your portfolio.
Level targeting corrects for the bygones problem
in growth rate targeting, making up for past
mistakes rather
than embedding those errors
in current policy.
But he is too much inclined, I think, to attribute the emergenceof a «credit deadlock» to past
mistakes in banking policy - to the Central Bank not having lowered the rate sufficiently soon, or sufficiently suddenly - rather
than to the inherent causes connected with the long - term rate.»
I think most entrepreneurs, rather
than making a
mistake in picking a niche, make a
mistake in «playing at business» — getting business cards, spending tons of time on optimizing their website, etc — before they need to worry about any of that.
Many of the dumb
mistakes of omission I've made have come from caring too much about exactly what a business looks like now (what it's reporting
in earnings, showing
in book value, etc.) rather
than what I think it'll roughly look like
in 5 years.
The main presuppositions about sentiment which behavioural finance are starting to confirm are mainly that 1) investors overemphasise the significance of fundamental data to the detriment of other equally important but more overlooked data that still can have an effect on a share's price 2) investors take losses a lot worse
than the pleasure of making a winning trade and 3) investors continue
in the
mistakes they make with regard to bad methodology and repeating
mistakes based upon emotion.
So, it's my worst
mistake in terms of process rather
than outcome.
More
than 1,100 U.S. economists signed a letter sent to President Donald Trump and to Congress on May 3 urging them to avoid repeating the
mistakes that worsened the Depression
in the 1930s.
«We actually believe an ability to identify
mistakes early and act on them is as or even more important
in a portfolio
than being right
in the first place» Eric Marshall
«Our Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger, has always emphasized the study of
mistakes rather
than successes, both
in business and other aspects of life.»
And I can tell you as someone who lives
in a neighborhood that is Orthodox Jewish you can not
mistake their clothing for anything other
than clothing.
If you disagree with my interpretation (and it is sincerely how I interpet the text), ask yourself how it is that your «god» couldn't come up with a better way to communicate
than a book that is so readily subject to so many interpretations and to being taken «out of context», and has so many
mistakes in it.
@Jesus Please ensure you are not
mistaking YEC, which is of fairly recent Protestant vintage, with the position of the RCC which publicly announced decades (
in some cases more
than a century ago) that many of the stories
in are allegorical.
You wouldn't see that
mistake in the NYT, and you can't get more liberal media elite
than them.