Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If someone gives you more than one reason why he wants the job, don’t hire him.

Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

Life is about execution rather than purpose.

Risk taking is the highest virtue, the only signal that you cannot fake.

Never hire an A student unless it is to take exams.

It is easier to macrobullshit than to microbullshit.

It is not possible to have fun when you try.

Avoid calling heroes those who had no other choice.

If you need something urgently done, give the task to the busiest (or second busiest) person in the office.

You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

When you walk the walk, whether successful or not, you feel more indifferent and robust to people's opinion, freer, more real.

It is no secret that large corporations prefer people with families; those with downside risk are easier to own, particularly when they are choking under a large mortgage.

Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.

If you must tell someone it is sarcasm, don't.

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

Take the long road, in anything. Life admits no shortcuts.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.