If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
Interpretation
To excel, one must adopt unique approaches rather than conforming to the masses.
This quote highlights the importance of individuality and innovation in achieving superior results. John Templeton emphasizes that if you desire to outperform others, you need to break away from conventional methods and find your own path, suggesting that true success stems from embracing creativity and distinctiveness.
In practice
In a motivational speech to young entrepreneurs about standing out in the market.
The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be. It's self centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
Life is made up not necessarily of great sacrifices or high-level duties but of little things. The smiles, the kindnesses, the commitments and obligations and responsibilities that are given habitually and lovingly are the blessings that win and preserve the heart and bring comfort to one's self as we as to others. This is the ministry of service performed by every useful life.
The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be.
The objective of our religious foundations is to teach people that they are hurting themselves when they say they believe something. What we should realize is we know almost nothing about God and therefore we should be eager to search and to learn.
The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
Three of my children are medical doctors; they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did.
I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
The journey is essential to the dream.
One of my first races came over 10km in 2002. I won that race and it felt great. I would say that is when I first fell in love with running.
If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.
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