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We Pride Ourselves On Being The Only Species That Understands The Concept Of Risk, Yet We Have A Confounding Habit Of Worrying About Mere Possibilities While Ignoring Probabilities, Building Barricades Against Perceived Dangers While Leaving Ourselves Exposed To Real Ones.

Ambition Is An Expensive Impulse, One That Requires An Enormous Investment Of Emotional Capital. Like Any Investment, It Can Pay Off In Countless Different Kinds Of Coin.

A Jellyfish Is Little More Than A Pulsating Bell, A Tassel Of Trailing Tentacles And A Single Digestive Opening Through Which It Both Eats And Excretes - As Regrettable An Example Of Economy Of Design As Ever Was.

I Was Born In The U.s., My Wife Was Born In Mexico And Emigrated Here When She Was In College, And My Daughters Were Born In New York City. That Makes Them Passport-carrying, Natural-born, Eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But They're Also Mexicans And They Like That Just Fine.

As Mba Professors Endlessly Tell Their Students, Companies Do Best When They Stick To What They Do Well. There's A Reason Apple Doesn't Make Blenders. There's A Reason Haagen-dazs Doesn't Sell Meat. And There's A Reason Drug Companies Should Focus On Saving And Improving Lives - Not Jeopardizing Them.