Accurate Observations Quotes

“You are bound by the constraints of what you perceived, it doesn't matter if those perceptions are accurate or not.”
― Steven Redhead, Life's Impressions

“Too many companies— and individuals— are befuddled by delusion when it comes to identifying their authentic strengths and projecting those strengths through their brand. It’s as if they live in Opposite Land. If their service is wretched, they tell people that they are great at service. If they are selling a mediocre car, they expound on its hip sportiness. Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility. It’s a lose-lose proposition. In order to hunt down and accurately tag authenticity, we must first pop the balloon of self-delusion.”
― Tom Hayes

“The fantastical etchings of
galleons sailing off the edge of the flat earth and toppling headlong
into the void, are more accurate representations of our lived
experience than the spherical empirical truth in which we happen to
live.”
― Ryan Ruby, The Zero and the One

“Occasionally, the “eyeball” approach to measurement is both imprecise and truly problematic, though we might not know that until it’s too late.”
― Christopher Manske, Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions Performed by Wall Street and the IRS