Francisco Cepeda

“Insecure leaders surround themselves with “yes people.” Effective leaders surround themselves with people who challenge them. They also find and hire people who are much smarter”
― Patrick Bet-David, Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy

“John D. Rockefeller—realizing he could use by-products from his oil production to create pharmaceuticals—heavily funded medical schools throughout the United States to teach a curriculum based on the intervention-first Halsted model. An employee of Rockefeller’s was tasked to create the Flexner Report, which outlined a vision for medical education that prioritized interventions and stigmatized nutritional, traditional, and holistic remedies.”
― Casey Means, Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

“everybody in Washington knows, Vice President Van Buren never disagrees with Andrew Jackson. Thus, a new word is formed that becomes synonymous with agreement. Among Martin Van Buren’s many nicknames is “Old Kinderhook,” in reference to his town of birth. This is often shortened to OK. Coincidentally, Andrew Jackson prints this abbreviation on official documents. When he wants to approve something as all correct, he simply writes OK.”
― Bill O'Reilly, Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

“Through the lens of Bad Energy, this makes sense to me now: due to several changes in my lifestyle and stress levels as a new surgical resident, my brain cells likely did not have the power to provide me with the full spectrum of thought and emotion, nor the energy to want to keep going. There have been several reported associations between metabolic syndrome biomarkers and suicidal ideation,”
― Casey Means, Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health