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Goldman's Sack

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Are we limiting this to finance firms? IBM's "Big Blue" and Ferrari's "Prancing Horse" are classic.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

I used to work at IBM. People that were hardcore to the firm were called "Blue Blooded." We called it "Big Blue" often in firm culture. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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"True North" for Bain

interesting, haven't heard that one before

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 
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