When an officer informed Prussian Friedrich the Great that there were discrepancies between the book and the actual battle, Friedrich famously replied, “We have a mule that has fought 60 times in our army, yet it remains just a mule.” In response to an officer’s query about becoming a great strategist, Napoleon stated that his only way was to study the history of warfare. Lincoln admitted that everything he sought to understand was contained in a book, and Edison read through the entire collection from the Detroit Library. When asked about the key to his success, Warren Buffett declared that it was consistent reading. Don’t be misled into thinking that experiences outweigh the value of reading. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”
The low-grade players try to show everything they have at once. Gurus try to deliver only the essentials, tailored to the other person’s habits and patterns. It’s not the uniqueness that makes it attractive; it’s the right concentration. If you eat too much sugar, you spit it out. Sugar is delicious when it dissolves in the right amount of water. Yes, concentration! - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”