Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or trying harder. There is an irony here, of course. The less you think about being great, the more likely it is to happen. And if it doesn’t, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being solid.
Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives. - Charles Wheelan
Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.
- Charles Wheelan
Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises. - Charles Wheelan
Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises.
Change is inevitable; but progress depends on what we do with that change. - Charles Wheelan
Change is inevitable; but progress depends on what we do with that change.
Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or … - Charles Wheelan
Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or …
A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives. - Charles Wheelan
A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.
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