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The Modeller’s Miscellany #135
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #134
“The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #133
"The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #132
“Chance favors the connected mind.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #130
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #131
"It's true that in order to be successful at something, you have to stick to it — but that doesn't...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #129
"Success in dealing with people depends on a sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #128
"People have vastly different desires, except for three things: Respect, feeling useful, and...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #127
"We're trying to build a star on earth"
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #126
You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #125
"You can't get to wonderful without passing through all right."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #124
"Do hard things, have an easy life. Do easy things, have a hard life"
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #123
"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better"
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #122
"People are very good at forecasting the future, except for the surprises which tend to be all that...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #121
"This is the maddening truth about time, which most advice on managing it seems to miss. It’s like...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #120
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #119
"If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts".
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #118
"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #117
"What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #116
"Chance favours the connected mind."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #115
"There are no interruptions, there are only mismanaged inputs."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #114
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #113
"It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer"
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #112
"Good books are over your head. They wouldn't be good for you if they weren't."
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #111
"The future is not waiting to reveal itself. It's all around us, in the shifting and changing...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #110
"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune"
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #109
“Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #108
“Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #107
“Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you’ll ever have is your mind and...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #106
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.“
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #105
“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #104
“It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than a right decision...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #103
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #102
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #101
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #100
“Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love—is the sum of what you focus on”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #99
“The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #98
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #97
“You will grow to the level of your constraints, not your potential.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #96
“I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.”
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #95
“Some of the options in the “Paste Special” function still seem obscure. We did them because it...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #94
“Whenever we engage in an intellectual discussion, our goal ought to be to converge on the truth....
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #93
The world will drive you mad if you expect it to be rational. “The ones who thrive long term...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #92
Top 5 articles of 2021 1. Article The best article about Excel ever written
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #91
How to ask the right questions. Networking event Financial Model Audit and Review: How to...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #90
The design issue. “Design isn’t just what it looks like and feels like — design is how it...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #89
The Web3.0 issue Web3.0 is broadly hailed as the future of the Internet. We’re dedicating this...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #88
The best new ideas in money. “The primary purpose of economic forecasting is to make...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #87
Bad Bets – The downfall of Enron 20 years later. “Every forecast takes a number from today...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #86
How to review a spreadsheet ICAEW launch guide on 03/11/21 ICAEW’s Excel Community has launched a...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #85
Why we’re wrong about nearly everything. Book Perils of Perception – Why we’re wrong about...
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #84
How to be a superforecaster. Skills How to be a superforecaster
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The Modeller’s Miscellany #83
Full Stack Modeller open week – you’re invited! Training Full Stack Modeller open week –...
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