Become Visible At The End

Create Acceleration

Create Resilience

Dampen Consequences

Defend The Present

Need No Witness

Quietly Decide Outcomes

Quietly Reassure

Quietly Reward

Quietly Save Effort

Reveal Themselves Under Pressure

Reward Consistency

Reward Restraint

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is if not the key to genius, then at least the key to sounding like a genius.

Preparation is if not the key to genius then at least the key to sounding like a genius. Winston Churchill

is not always what it appears. At times, when one draws back, it is sometimes only in order to have enough room for his leap.

He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap Friedrich Nietzsche

is overdone. Beginning becomes an impossibility when we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready before starting.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev

is the setting up of the table for the moment of action. If the fuel is prepared, it is hard to tell from where the spark comes that sets it on fire.

If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire. Francis Bacon

is vital --- In failing to prepare one is preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. (Benjamin Franklin)

is a domain whose importance is rarely grasped. Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.

Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable. Jean de la Bruyere

is the processes of narrowing the unknown to virtually nothing.

If you see how carefully I prepare. . . you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire. (Philippe Petit)

is the most important part of the process. With an hour to solve a problem, one ought to spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.

If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.

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