[h=3]Work On The Nut Behind The Wheel Before You Start Fixing Bolts On The Car[/h]While the author of this quote remains unknown, it's clear self-awareness is an important trait among happy and successful humans. In a 2010 study of executives from public and private companies by Green Peak Partners and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations found that a high self-awareness score was the strongest predictor of overall success. In fact, while not as sexy as other, "hard" qualities like "leadership" or the ability to mix a proper Old Fashioned, self awareness is a potent psychological catalyst for good things happening.



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[h=3]To Achieve Anything In This Game You Must Be Prepared to Dabble in the Boundary of Disaster 4[/h]Thank you, Sir Stirling Moss, for so eloquently reminding us that nothing ventured is, indeed, nothing gained. Managing risk is the most important skill in the modern world. Everyone who's anyone in the world of quotes has said something about risk. T.S. Eliot said "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." Chuck Yeager said "No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done." DJ William Greenough Thayer Shedd dropped the mic after blasting his Presbyterian congregation in the face with this knowledge: "A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."