Whitney Tilson Quotes

The first move of leadership is learning to think for yourself.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Children have their own mind.

I'm someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.

You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Best is the man who thinks for himself.

We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.

Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.

The only effective way to help well-intentioned, intelligent persons to do the best they can in raising children is to encourage and guide them always to do their own thinking in their attempts at understanding and dealing with child-rearing situations and problems, and not to rely blindly on the opinions of others.

In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which we must choose the values by which we will live (rather than unquestioningly follow some tradition for no better reason than that our own parents did), we need to be willing to stand on our own judgment and trust our own intelligence-to look at the world through our own eyes-to chart our course and think through how to achieve the future we want, to commit ourselves to continuous questioning and learning-to be, in a word, self-responsible.

Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

If you're not thinking for yourself, then you're following-not leading.

I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.

My fans get enough politics on TV every day. I want them to think for themselves. I don't want them to listen to me.

What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.

Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions.

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.

This idea of anticipation is key to investing and to business generally. You can't wait for an opportunity to become obvious. You have to think, "Here's what other people and companies have done under certain circumstances. Now, under these new circumstances, how is this management likely to behave?"

The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.

I think it is undeniably true that the human brain must work in models. The trick is to have your brain work better than the other person's brain because it understands the most fundamental models- ones that will do most work per unit.

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions