See What Others Miss Quotes
The advantage rarely goes to the man who works hardest; it goes to the man who sees first. Opportunity hides in plain sight for the eye trained to notice it. This Execution path holds history's sharpest quotes on perception and spotting what others miss. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
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“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
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“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
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“To a great mind, nothing is little.”
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“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.”
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“Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.”
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“Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.”
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“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”
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“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”
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“A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.”
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“Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.”
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“You see, but you do not observe.”
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“Visionaries see the 'impossible' as the inevitable.”
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“What you aim at determines what you see.”
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“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
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“Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.”
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“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
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“Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.”
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“In life and business, the person with the fewest blind spots wins.”
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“The feet are the most honest part of the body.”
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“The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.”
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
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“The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.”
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“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”
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“We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.”
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“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.”
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“A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”
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“One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”
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“The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom”
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“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.”
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“It's not about having the right opportunities, it's about handling the opportunities right.”
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“Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
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“Be a student of the marketplace, not a victim of the weather.”
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“Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don't find one, it's you.”
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“Without data, you're just another person with an opinion.”
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“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.”
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“Show me the incentives and I will show you the outcome.”
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“The most important thing is to ask the right questions.”
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“The plural of anecdote is not data.”
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“The truth is that we are not only irrational, but predictably irrational.”
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“Data beats emotions.”
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“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”
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“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.”
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“The details are not the details. They make the design.”
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.”
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“He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.”
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“A little neglect may breed great mischief.”
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“A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.”
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“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”
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