Mary Poulton Rule of Thumb
Three PhD's do not a make an MBA.
Short, sweet, to the point ... tips, tools, and rules of thumb for innovators and entrepreneurs!
Three PhD's do not a make an MBA.
Sage advice for
Experience,
Knowledge,
Teamwork
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
If a genetic association study contains fewer than 100 subjects, it's not a "milestone" with "major implications" ... in fact, you might as well simply pretend it doesn't exist at all.
Learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
The fact that you are willing to say, ''I do not understand, and it is fine,'' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
Sage advice for
Knowledge,
Leadership
There is a great difference between knowing and understanding ... you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
Sage advice for
Knowledge
In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test ... in life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered ... the point is to discover them.
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Sage advice for
Education,
Experience,
Knowledge
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
Sage advice for
Knowledge
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough!
Sage advice for
Knowledge,
Simplicity
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his/her subject and how to avoid them.
Thank you, Joe Driear!
Sage advice for
Experience,
Knowledge