“Altogether too often, people substitute opinions for facts and emotions for analysis.”
Andrew S. Grove
Only the Paranoid Survive (Primary source)
Andrew Grove’s Only the Paranoid Survive stands as a seminal meditation on corporate survival in an age of relentless technological upheaval. Published in 1996, when the digital revolution was reshaping the very foundations of American economic life, the book distills Grove’s hard-won wisdom into a theory of what he termed “strategic inflection points”—those epochal moments when the fundamental rules governing a business undergo tectonic transformation.
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“Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.”
— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.”
— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“The absolute truth is that if you don’t know what you want, you won’t get it”
— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say yes to one thing you are inevitably saying no to another.”
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“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
— Thomas Edison Disputed“People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.”
— Bill Gates Primary sourceOpinions Facts Emotions Time Management Analysis