Angela Duckworth on Grit, Passion & Perseverance
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Our nation boasts an exceptional system for treating acute illnesses, leveraging technology in remarkable ways. However, where we fall short is in the areas of prediction and prevention of diseases. This is where our focus needs to shift, and AI offers numerous tools that can enhance our capabilities in these domains.
Entrepreneurs have to focus on how a business makes money and focus on that rather than the expense side of the business. That also allows you to start quicker and instead of deferring your idea, you could get to market in 30 days.
China for example, aims to increase their buying by 400,000 barrels a day in the last quarter of 2012, and will be adding over 750,000 barrels of new refining capacity. That economic engine is still turning, but what people want is to be able to price that trade-flow.
In the 18th century, they're kind of taking stock of how, in just about 100 years, all this classical learning had been overturned. Looking back on everything that's happened, they construct this narrative of how human reason has progressed.
It's not enough to lead yourself, you need to tune into the people you work with- the people that you know- your family. You need to pick up non-verbal cues, facial expressions, tone of voice.
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