Gold is money and nothing else.
J. P. MorganRead
Millionaires don't have astrologers, billionaires do.
Interpretation
Billionaires often seek guidance that goes beyond conventional wisdom, suggesting a greater pursuit of insight.
This quote by J. P. Morgan implies that while millionaires may rely on traditional methods for success, billionaires are more open to unconventional sources of knowledge and insight, such as astrology. It reflects the idea that those who accumulate greater wealth often explore a wider array of tools and perspectives in their decision-making processes.
In practice
In a business seminar discussing the mindset of wealthy individuals.
Gold is money and nothing else.
Any man who is a bear on the future of this country will go broke.
No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
I think about my own career, and when I graduated from college, the Internet didn't really exist yet. And so not having a specific plan, being able to be opportunistic at the end, is what enabled me to make some of my best decisions, which is to go to places that were growing but that I didn't plan to have happen.
My proudest moment? Every Friday morning when I look at the board at Celtic Park and see my name on the team sheet for tomorrow's game.
My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
Its not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it's about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then u'll be a great cook.
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.
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