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2025-12-21

A quotation from Hyman Rickover

To do a job effectively, one must set priorities. Too many people let their “in” basket set the priorities. On any given day, unimportant but interesting trivia pass through an office; one must not permit these to monopolize his time. The human tendency is to while away time with unimportant matters that do not require mental effort or energy. Since they can be easily resolved, they give a false sense of accomplishment. The manager must exert self-discipline to ensure that his energy is focused where it is truly needed.

Hyman Rickover (1900-1986) American naval engineer, submariner, US Navy Admiral
Speech (1981-11-05), “Doing a Job,” Egleston Medal Award Dinner, Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/rickover-hyman/6231/

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-10-28

A quotation from Naomi Shulman

   Nice people made the best Nazis.
   Or so I have been told. My mother was born in Munich in 1934, and spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves. When things got ugly, the people my mother lived alongside chose not to focus on “politics,” instead busying themselves with happier things. They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.

Naomi Shulman (contemp.), American writer, essayist, editor
Essay (2016-11-17), “No Time To Be Nice: Now Is Not the Moment to Remain Silent,” WBUR, National Public Radio

More info about this quote: wist.info/shulman-naomi/80028/


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Snooze Button Connoisseurbayport@theatl.social
2024-04-16

I'm just sitting here wondering how long I'll be able to hold out in a Two Marshmallow situation I've got going on in my personal life. I just found some solace in the Wikipedia article about it describing some coping strategies which are helpful and also validating... I was starting to fear that all the sleeping was a symptom of depression, which is true but now I'm happy to see it is also a "dramatically effective technique..."

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Screenshot from the beginning of the Wikipedia entry on the Stanford marshmallow experiment Study on delayed gratification by psychologist Walter Mischel The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on delayed gratification in 1970 led by psychologist Walter Mischel, a professor at Stanford University. 11) In this study, a child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time. During this time, the researcher left the child in a room with a single marshmallow for about 15 minutes and then returned. If they did not eat the marshmallow, the reward was either another marshmallow or pretzel stick, depending on the child's preference. In follow-up studies, the...A screenshot from a lower part of the Wikipedia article with the "one dramatically effective technique" circled in red for emphasis. ...that reduce frustration. The frustration of waiting for a desired reward is demonstrated nicely by the authors when describing the behavior of the children. "They made up quiet songs...hid their head in their arms, pounded the floor with their feet, fiddled playfully and teasingly with the signal bell, verbalized the contingency. Prayed to the ceiling, and so on. In one dramatically effective self-distraction technique, after obviously experiencing much agitation, a little girl rested her head, sat limply, relaxed herself, and proceeded to fall sound asleep." In follow-up studies, Mischel found unexpected correlations between the results of the marshmallow experiment and the success of the children many years later. The first follow-up study, in...

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