More of my favorite nuggets of wisdom from the writing of @deewhock (the founder of Visa)
Consider reading slowly & re-reading later
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Consider reading slowly & re-reading later
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Fear, when it adds nothing to safety, is pain without utility.
- Dee Hock
Fear, when it adds nothing to safety, is pain without utility.
- Dee Hock
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It is incomparably more difficult to gain acceptance of a new idea than it is to discover it.
- Dee Hock
It is incomparably more difficult to gain acceptance of a new idea than it is to discover it.
- Dee Hock
3/
Envy is admission of inferiority.
- Dee Hock
Envy is admission of inferiority.
- Dee Hock
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Communication would be vastly improved if everyone who wrote and spoke were content to be understood without needing to be admired.
- Dee Hock
Communication would be vastly improved if everyone who wrote and spoke were content to be understood without needing to be admired.
- Dee Hock
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A recognized and corrected error vanishes leaving two things of great value—experience of error, and how to rise above it.
- Dee Hock
A recognized and corrected error vanishes leaving two things of great value—experience of error, and how to rise above it.
- Dee Hock
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Delaying what we must do eventually does nothing but lengthen the time and distance we must carry the burden.
- Dee Hock
Delaying what we must do eventually does nothing but lengthen the time and distance we must carry the burden.
- Dee Hock
7/
Those born poor who become rich are eager to tell us what good fortune it was to be forced to struggle with adversity. One wonders why they take the utmost pains to deprive their children of the same opportunity.
- Dee Hock
Those born poor who become rich are eager to tell us what good fortune it was to be forced to struggle with adversity. One wonders why they take the utmost pains to deprive their children of the same opportunity.
- Dee Hock
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Critics often make us out to be so bad we are compelled to wonder why they select such rotten subjects.
- Dee Hock
Critics often make us out to be so bad we are compelled to wonder why they select such rotten subjects.
- Dee Hock
9/
Knowledge is never in doubt. Wisdom is never certain.
- Dee Hock
Knowledge is never in doubt. Wisdom is never certain.
- Dee Hock
10/
Once fame is necessary to our happiness, power to make us miserable lies in the hands of everyone.
- Dee Hock
Once fame is necessary to our happiness, power to make us miserable lies in the hands of everyone.
- Dee Hock
11/
It is a prudent man who never reveals how little he thinks of others or how much he thinks of himself.
- Dee Hock
It is a prudent man who never reveals how little he thinks of others or how much he thinks of himself.
- Dee Hock
12/
Vision without effort is impotent. Effort without vision is blind.
- Dee Hock
Vision without effort is impotent. Effort without vision is blind.
- Dee Hock
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Oh, how we love to judge ourselves by our good intentions and others by their bad performances.
- Dee Hock
Oh, how we love to judge ourselves by our good intentions and others by their bad performances.
- Dee Hock
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One may be old in experience who is young in time, just as another may be young in experience and old in time.
- Dee Hock
One may be old in experience who is young in time, just as another may be young in experience and old in time.
- Dee Hock
16/
Trust is far less expensive and more reliable than compulsion.
- Dee Hock
Trust is far less expensive and more reliable than compulsion.
- Dee Hock
17/
Introspection is both the curse and blessing of life.
- Dee Hock
Introspection is both the curse and blessing of life.
- Dee Hock
18/
His mind is like a wagon that believes it drives the harness that pushes the horse.
- Dee Hock
His mind is like a wagon that believes it drives the harness that pushes the horse.
- Dee Hock
19/
Grief shared is halved, happiness shared is doubled.
- Dee Hock
Grief shared is halved, happiness shared is doubled.
- Dee Hock
20/
As one approaches the end of life, that which truly matters emerges sharp and clear—family, love, generosity, peace, nature, comfort.
- Dee Hock
As one approaches the end of life, that which truly matters emerges sharp and clear—family, love, generosity, peace, nature, comfort.
- Dee Hock
Back to the top of the thread:
https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1353216318963552257
If you enjoyed this, check out the thread below with more Dee Hock wisdom, such as:
“Every mountain is two mountains: the one that urges us to climb and the one that punishes us when we do”
“One should not read like a dog obeying its master, but like an eagle hunting its prey”
“Every mountain is two mountains: the one that urges us to climb and the one that punishes us when we do”
“One should not read like a dog obeying its master, but like an eagle hunting its prey”
https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1351279379578458112
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