What is your motto?
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SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
"Knowledge is power". And I cannot get enough of it.
Narz
keeping it real
I don't really have one, if I did it would be something like "Keep trying, keep learning, don't get discouraged cause that's lame", something like that.
Disgustipated
Deity
Refuse/Resist
It's from a title of a Sepultura song.
It's from a title of a Sepultura song.
Kraznaya
Princeps
thisss
PlutonianEmpire
King of the Plutonian Empire
"If you can't beat 'em, nuke 'em." 
classical_hero
In whom I trust
"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
So you live your live by trying to avoid other people's mistakes?
dIZZyBlIZZy
Batteries not included
Narz
keeping it real
Better than having to make them all oneself!
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
"Gotta catch 'em all"
classical_hero
In whom I trust
I do my best. I could have used a Bible verse that basically says the same thing.
Verbose
Deity
"Everybody wins,"
or it should be, if I had a motto. At least this is what I consistently shoot for. Whatever it is, the attempt should be made to as far as possible make sure everybody involved wins at least something. It's not actually possible of course, and almost always even the people winning don't get exactly what they wanted, Still, it's a sursprisingly powerful formula for getting stuff done. Requires working out what the people you're dealing with not just think they are interested in, but more importantly what you might interest them for.
"Always hire people smarter than yourself",
so far has also proven a great success. Not only do they make you look good, if you know how to handle them, but should things get sticky, it's not as if you're chucking people without resources and options out into the street. (The downside is that you might lose them simply because they found an even more interesting opportunity. Still, smart people tend to know smart people, and recommend you as an employer even when they leave.)
or it should be, if I had a motto. At least this is what I consistently shoot for. Whatever it is, the attempt should be made to as far as possible make sure everybody involved wins at least something. It's not actually possible of course, and almost always even the people winning don't get exactly what they wanted, Still, it's a sursprisingly powerful formula for getting stuff done. Requires working out what the people you're dealing with not just think they are interested in, but more importantly what you might interest them for.
"Always hire people smarter than yourself",
so far has also proven a great success. Not only do they make you look good, if you know how to handle them, but should things get sticky, it's not as if you're chucking people without resources and options out into the street. (The downside is that you might lose them simply because they found an even more interesting opportunity. Still, smart people tend to know smart people, and recommend you as an employer even when they leave.)
7ronin
海軍少佐
"Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff."
Bartleby
Remembers laughter
Have a good time all the time.
I had another motto once. Kept me sane for years. It's often called Hanlon's Razor.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Similarly, my own 'Semper invicta', which is generally inspired from my study of Stoic philosophy and reminds me to be true and consistent with my values, overcoming any tendency toward indulgence, that sort of thing.
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