One sticking point was that Jobs wanted his payout to be in cash. Amelio insisted that he needed to "have skin in the game" and take the payout in stock that he would agree to hold for at least a year.” Jobs resisted. Finally, they compromised: Jobs would take $120 million in cash and $37 million in stock, and he pledged to hold the stock for at least six months.
Walter IsaacsonStichwörter: patience risk opportunity negotiation business-culture
There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.
John EldredgeStichwörter: marriage risk intimacy
Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.
John EldredgeStichwörter: marriage risk cowardice spiritual-warfare
I want to climb up the blank blue dome as a man would storm the inside of a circus tent, wildly, dangling, and with a steel knife claw a rent in the top, peep, and, if I must, fall.
Annie DillardStichwörter: vision world wonder universe risk seeing sight
Without risk in our lives, we’re scarcely better than machines ourselves.
Alastair ReynoldsStichwörter: risk
In ancient Rome, when a victorious general paraded through the streets, legend has it that he was sometimes trailed by a servant whose job it was to repeat to him, " Memento Mori": Remember you will die. A reminder of mortality would help the hero keep things in perspective, instill some humility. Job's memento mori had been delivered by his doctors, but it did not instill humility. Instead he roared back after his recovery with even more passion. The illness reminded him that he had nothing to lose, so he should forge ahead full speed. " He came back on a mission," said Cook. " Even though he was now running a large company, he kept making bold moves that I don't think anybody else would have done.
Walter IsaacsonStichwörter: passion risk business-culture
You are only given one life, one chance at fully living it...take risks, believe in your dreams, explore the world and her people, live out loud!
Danell LynnStichwörter: inspirational risk travel philanthropy
Paul Buchheit: I'm suddenly reminded that, for a while, I asked people if they were playing Russian Roulette with a gun with a billion barrels (or some huge number, so in other words, some low probability that they would actually be killed), how much would they have to be paid to play one round? A lot of people were almost offended by the question and they'd say, "I wouldn't do it at any price." But, of course, we do that everyday. They drive to work in cars to earn money and they are taking risks all the time, but they don't like to acknowledge that they are taking risks. They want to pretend that everything is risk-free.
Jessica LivingstonStichwörter: people risk risks paul-buchheit
The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.
Jeff BezosStichwörter: history risk tradition
We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.
Jeff BezosStichwörter: risk worry anxiety
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