“The point of maximum pessimism is the ultimate time to buy a stock because at this point, all the sellers are gone… and only buyers remain. How do you determine this point? Even Uncle John said it's impossible…. You never know until it has passed!”— Lauren Templeton
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In comparing alternative explanations, it is not necessarily the one with the most evidence apparently in its favour that we should choose but the one with least evidence against it. One solid piece of evidence can demolish a hypothesis.
— Professor Sir David OmandFormer UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator & National Security Adviser
We need to give women the freedom and confidence to believe and be whatever they want to. This isn't just about business, but about social conditioning in all cultures.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
Women need to be their own cheerleaders and remind themselves of the amazing things they've achieved.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
I got out of the Navy because I stopped getting adrenaline in gunfights. That's when it gets dangerous. You don't want to get killed because you get bored. A bullet only needs to be right once.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
If you want to do something well you do it 1,000 times, if you want to do something great you do it 10,000 times.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
As a leader, you also realise that calm is contagious. It doesn't matter how you feel inside, if you can portray calm- your people will be calm.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
Fear is healthy, fear is natural, and if anyone's ever told you they've been to combat and were never afraid... they're either lying or a sociopath. Fear is a very good reaction; it makes you think more clearly.
— Robert J. O’NeillFormer SEAL Team Six member who shot Osama bin Laden
You don't need to be a celebrity to suffer from what social media does to you; it's happening to everyone. For me, I have to find a routine and discipline with how I use my public image.
— Kalki KoechlinIndian actress known for independent films and *Chandni Bar* role
It's only when you look back that you can connect the dots to where we are right now. All of us go through things that make us think, 'this makes no sense, why is this happening to me!…' but when you look back you realise that had it not been for 'that,' you wouldn't have had that opportunity… that meeting… that chance… that love.
— Matthew McConaugheyAcademy Award-Winning Actor Known for Dallas Buyers Club Role
When faced with the inevitable, get relative.
— Matthew McConaugheyAcademy Award-Winning Actor Known for Dallas Buyers Club Role
The greatest adventure that any of us can take is answering these questions for ourselves. This isn't deep, dark, conversation, it's normal conversation. The wisest, coolest prophets out there… people like the Dalai Lama… they're full of joy.
— Matthew McConaugheyAcademy Award-Winning Actor Known for Dallas Buyers Club Role
You can't say, 'I want to change things, I want to lead!' and then say, 'I never want to be wrong, and I never want to fail…' There's no easy answer other than the fact that you have to see the conflict in your own mind and make your own choice.
— Seth GodinMarketing Thought Leader & Author of "The Purple Cow
In fact, imposter syndrome is a symptom that we are leading because leaders are doing something that's never been done before and so of course you will feel like an imposter, because you are one! Who can guarantee something is going to work? Not you, not anyone.
— Seth GodinMarketing Thought Leader & Author of "The Purple Cow
To have a career, you have to be able to break out of your ways of thinking about success, otherwise you'll just end up disappointed.
— Sophie Ellis-BextorBritish Pop Singer & "Murder on the Dancefloor" Artist
Music is something that affects your senses in a way that nothing else really can- it's like a time-travel portal! You can listen to something and it transports back to that place… that bar… that nightclub… that time with your friends….
— Sophie Ellis-BextorBritish Pop Singer & "Murder on the Dancefloor" Artist
If you're an artist, you start with catharsis. You have to express your own feelings. I genuinely believe that if music comes from your heart and soul, that people will hear that and will be able to connect with the truth of it.
— Nitin SawhneyBritish-Indian composer and musician known for world music and film scores