Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…