to achieve a small success but fail in the larger goal
достигнуть маленького успеха, но потерпеть неудачу в большей цели (dostignut' malen'kogo uspekha, no poterpet' neudachu v bol'shey tsele)
"By focusing on minor issues, they won the battle but lost the war."
"Сосредоточив внимание на мелких проблемах, они выиграли битву, но проиграли войну." (sosredotochiv vnimanie na mel'kikh problemakh, oni viigrali bitvu, no proigrali voynu)
A life lived without introspection or self-reflection is not...
to discuss and think creatively to generate new ideas
to shift to a new way of thinking or doing things
to stop believing in your own ability or someone else’s
good fortune associated with Irish people
decisions made based on factual data rather than assumptions