Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

  • -- Edward de Bono 爱德华·德·波诺

大多数高管、许多科学家以及几乎所有商学院毕业生都认为,如果你分析数据,这将给你带来新的想法。不幸的是,这种想法是完全错误的。头脑只能看到它准备看到的东西。

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I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.

我可以被公平地称为业余爱好者,因为我做我所做的,在最初的意义上的词-爱,因为我爱它。另一方面,我认为我们这些以写历史为生的人也可以被称为真正的专业人士。

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.

思想是难以捉摸、捉摸不定的东西。最好在床边放一叠纸和一支铅笔,这样你就可以在他们离开之前在晚上刺他们。

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

这里没有贸易和就业,但追随它的年轻人可能会成为英雄。

Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.

有时我有这些抽象的想法,然后迷失了自我。

We don't analyze our lyrics.

我们不分析歌词。