इस बात को समझें कि असली सफलता उन साहसी और मौके पर चौका मारने वाले कदमों से मिलती है जिन्हें योजना बनाकर हासिल नहीं किया जा सकता।
Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which, by definition, cannot be planned.
Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which, by definition, cannot be planned.
सज्जनों, योजना का मतलब है—‘आप इस साल जो किया, उससे अलग अगले साल क्या करने जा रहे हैं?’ उन्होंने उनसे कहा, ‘मुझे बस पाँच चीज़ें चाहिए।’
Planning, gentlemen, is ‘What are you going to do next year that’s different from what you did this year?’” he told them. “All I want is five items.
Planning, gentlemen, is ‘What are you going to do next year that’s different from what you did this year?’” he told them. “All I want is five items.
एफबीआई के सेवानिवृत्त एजेंट मैक्स नोल बताते हैं, ‘लोग पूरी तरह भूल चुके हैं कि 1972 में अमेरिका में उन्नीस सौ से ज़्यादा घरेलू बम धमाके हुए थे। लोग इस बारे में सुनना ही नहीं चाहते। उन्हें इस बात पर विश्वास ही नहीं होता। आज एक बम धमाका हो जाए तो पूरा देशहलचल में आ जाता है। 1972 में? यह रोज़ की बात थी। इमारतें उड़ाई जा रही थीं, पुलिसकर्मी मारे जा रहे थे। यह आम बात थी।’
People have completely forgotten that in 1972 we had over nineteen hundred domestic bombings in the United States,” notes a retired FBI agent, Max Noel. “People don’t want to listen to that. They can’t believe it. One bombing now and everyone gets excited. In 1972? It was every day. Buildings getting bombed, policemen getting killed. It was commonplace.
People have completely forgotten that in 1972 we had over nineteen hundred domestic bombings in the United States,” notes a retired FBI agent, Max Noel. “People don’t want to listen to that. They can’t believe it. One bombing now and everyone gets excited. In 1972? It was every day. Buildings getting bombed, policemen getting killed. It was commonplace.
जो जन्म लेने में व्यस्त नहीं है, वह मरने में व्यस्त है—टोनी।
He who’s not busy being born is busy dying.” Tony.
He who’s not busy being born is busy dying.” Tony.
यह याद रखना महत्वपूर्ण है कि, जैसा कि केन औलेटा ने वॉल स्ट्रीट पर अपनी चर्चित पुस्तक ‘ग्रीड एंड ग्लोरी’ में लिखा है, ‘कोई भी पत्रकार सौ प्रतिशत सटीकता के साथ उन घटनाओं को दोबारा नहीं गढ़ सकता जो कुछ समय पहले घटी थीं। यादें इंसानों को धोखा देती हैं, और तब तो और भी जब परिणाम सामने आ चुके हों। एक पत्रकार विभिन्न स्रोतों से पुष्टि करके अशुद्धियों से बचने की कोशिश करता है, लेकिन एक पाठक—और एक लेखक—के लिए इस पत्रकारिता की सीमा के आगे विनम्र होना ज़रूरी है।’
It is important to remember that, as Ken Auletta wrote in his definitive Greed and Glory on Wall Street, “no reporter can with 100 percent accuracy re-create events that occurred some time before. Memories play tricks on participants, the more so when the outcome has become clear. A reporter tries to guard against inaccuracies by checking with a variety of sources, but it is useful for a reader – and an author – to be humbled by this journalistic limitation.
It is important to remember that, as Ken Auletta wrote in his definitive Greed and Glory on Wall Street, “no reporter can with 100 percent accuracy re-create events that occurred some time before. Memories play tricks on participants, the more so when the outcome has become clear. A reporter tries to guard against inaccuracies by checking with a variety of sources, but it is useful for a reader – and an author – to be humbled by this journalistic limitation.
लेकिन डिलिंगर की तलाश में प्यूर्विस की नाकामी से इनकार नहीं किया जा सकता। संदिग्ध मिलते और फिर गायब हो जाते। उनके सूत्र किसी काम के नहीं थे। उन्होंने गलत फ्लैटों पर छापे मारे। उन्होंने शिकागो पुलिस के साथ कोई तालमेल नहीं बिठाया और उलटे दूसरे विभागों को परेशान किया। उनकी अपनी कार उनके घर के सामने से चोरी हो गई थी।
But there was no denying Purvis’s ineptitude in the Dillinger hunt. Suspects were found then lost. His informants were hopeless. He raided the wrong apartments. He built no bridges to the Chicago police while annoying other departments. He’d had his car stolen from in front of his house.
But there was no denying Purvis’s ineptitude in the Dillinger hunt. Suspects were found then lost. His informants were hopeless. He raided the wrong apartments. He built no bridges to the Chicago police while annoying other departments. He’d had his car stolen from in front of his house.
जिस पल आप किसी संगठन की स्थापना करते हैं, उसी पल से उसका पतन शुरू हो जाता है।
The minute you establish an organization, it starts to decay.
The minute you establish an organization, it starts to decay.
शुरुआत से ही, टेक्सास में अमेरिकी बस्तियों की संभावना पूरी तरह से गुलामी पर निर्भर थी। यह कोई राज़ नहीं था। हर कोई यह जानता था। ऑस्टिन बार-बार यही कहते थे: अमेरिकियों के टेक्सास आने की एकमात्र वजह कपास की खेती करना है, और वे गुलामों के बिना ऐसा नहीं करेंगे। वे इसके अलावा कोई दूसरा रास्ता जानते ही नहीं थे।
From the beginning, the prospect of American settlements in Texas was entirely dependent on slavery. It was no secret. Everyone knew it. Austin would say it over and over and over: The only reason Americans would come to Texas was to farm cotton, and they would not do that without slaves. They really didn’t know any other way.
From the beginning, the prospect of American settlements in Texas was entirely dependent on slavery. It was no secret. Everyone knew it. Austin would say it over and over and over: The only reason Americans would come to Texas was to farm cotton, and they would not do that without slaves. They really didn’t know any other way.
आइए एक अमेरिकी अवैध प्रवासियों के प्रवाह को रोकने के लिए दृढ़संकल्प मैक्सिकन सरकार के इस विरोधाभास पर विचार करने के लिए थोड़ी देर रुकें। आपको बस इसका आनंद लेना चाहिए। बस कमी है तो एक मैक्सिकन राष्ट्रपति की जो दीवार बनाने का वादा कर रहा हो।
Let us pause for a moment to consider the irony of a Mexican government determined to stop the flow of illegal American immigrants. You just have to relish it. The only thing missing is a Mexican president promising to build a wall.
Let us pause for a moment to consider the irony of a Mexican government determined to stop the flow of illegal American immigrants. You just have to relish it. The only thing missing is a Mexican president promising to build a wall.
यह टेक्सास विद्रोह के उन छोटे-छोटे काले रहस्यों में से एक है कि, मैक्सिकन “आक्रमण” के बाद भी—या शायद उसी की वजह से—टेक्सियंस और टेजानोस की विशाल बहुसंख्या ट्रैविस, अलामो या मैक्सिकन सैनिकों से लड़ने से कोई वास्ता नहीं रखना चाहती थी। ज़्यादातर लोग तो कभी विद्रोह करना चाहते ही थे-ही नहीं।
It is one of the Texas Revolt’s dark little secrets that, even after the Mexican “invasion” – or perhaps because of it – the great mass of Texians and Tejanos wanted nothing to do with Travis or the Alamo or fighting Mexican soldiers. Most had never wanted to revolt in the first place.
It is one of the Texas Revolt’s dark little secrets that, even after the Mexican “invasion” – or perhaps because of it – the great mass of Texians and Tejanos wanted nothing to do with Travis or the Alamo or fighting Mexican soldiers. Most had never wanted to revolt in the first place.
मुझे आपकी सातवीं कक्षा के टेक्सास इतिहास के शिक्षक का नाम पता है।” जब टेक्सन इस पर अविश्वास जताता है, तो आप मुस्कुराते हुए कहते हैं, “कोच।”
I know the name of your seventh-grade Texas History teacher.” When the Texan expresses skepticism that this could be possible, you smile and say, “Coach.
I know the name of your seventh-grade Texas History teacher.” When the Texan expresses skepticism that this could be possible, you smile and say, “Coach.
तमाम पुरुषवादी अहंकार, तमाम लालच और शेयरधारक मूल्य की तमाम चर्चाओं के बीच, बात आखिरकार यहीं आकर टिकी: जॉन गूटफ्रोयंड और टॉम स्ट्रॉस अब तक के सबसे बड़े अधिग्रहण को रद्द करने के लिए तैयार थे क्योंकि उनकी फर्म का नाम वॉल स्ट्रीट जर्नल और द न्यूयॉर्क टाइम्स के पीछे के पन्नों में स्टॉक तालिकाओं के बीच दबे हुए एक छोटे से विज्ञापन में बाईं ओर नहीं, बल्कि दाईं ओर छपने वाला था।
Through all the machismo, through all the greed, through all the discussion of shareholder values, it all came down to this: John Gutfreund and Tom Strauss were prepared to scrap the largest takeover of all time because their firm’s name would go on the right side, not the left side, of a tombstone advertisement buried among the stock tables at the back of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Through all the machismo, through all the greed, through all the discussion of shareholder values, it all came down to this: John Gutfreund and Tom Strauss were prepared to scrap the largest takeover of all time because their firm’s name would go on the right side, not the left side, of a tombstone advertisement buried among the stock tables at the back of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
धमाकेदार अस्सी का दशक एक नया स्वर्ण युग था, जहाँ किसी भी कीमत पर जीत का जश्न मनाया जाता था।
The Roaring Eighties were a new gilded age, where winning was celebrated at all costs.
The Roaring Eighties were a new gilded age, where winning was celebrated at all costs.
कुछ न कुछ तुरंत करना होगा। एक पत्र: यही इसका जवाब था। जैसा कि कई वकील कोई शिकायत होने पर करते हैं, नौसबाउम जानते थे कि अपने गुस्से को कागज़ पर उतारना ज़रूरी है। जैसे ही कोहेन और निवेश बैंकर उनके आसपास चिल्ला रहे थे और गालियाँ दे रहे थे, उन्होंने बोलना शुरू किया और टाइप करवाना शुरू कर दिया।
Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investment bankers shouted and cursed around him, he began dictating.
Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investment bankers shouted and cursed around him, he began dictating.