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The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success

Albert-László Barabási

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The First Law: Performance drives success, but when performance can’t be measured, networks drive success.”

“The Fifth Law: With persistence success can come at any time.”

“Your success isn’t about you and your performance. It’s about us and how we perceive your performance.”

“The Third Law: Previous success × fitness = future success.”

“The Second Law: Performance is bounded, but success is unbounded.”

“The Fourth Law: While team success requires diversity and balance, a single individual will receive credit for the group’s achievements.”

“while it’s easy to feel hopeless if you’re working off the beaten path, it’s worth remembering that social and professional networks—not mere geography—are what determine anyone’s success”

“performance and ambition, working in tandem, would determine his future success.”

“The network is what carries the collective response to your performance.”

“The harder it is to measure performance, the less performance matters.”

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Book Keywords:

success, performance, recognition, future, fitness, reward, cooperation, persistence, networks

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