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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw
Today's laurels are tomorrow's compost
Today's laurels are tomorrow's compost
Tom Peters
Discipline equals freedom
Discipline equals freedom
Jocko Willick
Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.
Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.
James Cameron
Take care of the downside and the upside takes care of itself
Take care of the downside and the upside takes care of itself
Tim Ferriss
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Charlie Munger
Find out who you are and do it on purpose
Find out who you are and do it on purpose
Dolly Parton
On average, bad things happen fast and good things happen slow
On average, bad things happen fast and good things happen slow
Stewart Brand
The reward for good work is more work
The reward for good work is more work
Tom Sachs
A foreign accent is a sign of bravery
A foreign accent is a sign of bravery
Amy Chua
Don't be the best, be the only
Don't be the best, be the only
Jerry Garcia
I have three basic rules. Meeting all three is nearly impossible, but you should try anyway: (1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself. (2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire. (3) Work only with people you enjoy.
I have three basic rules. Meeting all three is nearly impossible, but you should try anyway: (1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself. (2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire. (3) Work only with people you enjoy.
Charlie Munger
To enjoy your past is to live twice
To enjoy your past is to live twice
Derek Sivers
What’s the ONE call you need to make?
What’s the ONE call you need to make?
Landmark Forum
Psychology
Ego is a tool that you should be able to dial up and down if you want to accomplish something ambitious
Ego is a tool that you should be able to dial up and down if you want to accomplish something ambitious
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior
Stephen Covey
An unexamined life is not worth living.
An unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men
Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men
John Stuart Mill
Self Esteem = Percentage Win Rate
Self Esteem = Percentage Win Rate
I'm not interested in whether the glass is half empty or half full.
I'm interested in figuring out how to fill the glass.
I'm not interested in whether the glass is half empty or half full.
I'm interested in figuring out how to fill the glass.
Donald Kaberuka
Don’t make suffering cheap. Don’t let others take it from you.
Don’t make suffering cheap. Don’t let others take it from you.
Skill is something you can learn and talent is the rate you will learn skills and the ceiling you can reach with that skill
Skill is something you can learn and talent is the rate you will learn skills and the ceiling you can reach with that skill
Dharmesh Shah
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people
Mind like water
Mind like water
If you don’t want to be deceived, figure out what you’re hungry for
If you don’t want to be deceived, figure out what you’re hungry for
Pamela Mayer
A man always has two reasons for what he does—a good one, and the real one
A man always has two reasons for what he does—a good one, and the real one
Pierpoint Morgan
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
Voltaire
Leadership & Management
If you're going through Hell, keep going
If you're going through Hell, keep going
Winston Churchill
You want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together
You want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together
Robin Jones Gunn
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world
Archimedes
A B+ is the biggest enemy of the A
A B+ is the biggest enemy of the A
Marc Pinkus
The sooner you make a choice, the sooner you can make an adjustment.
The sooner you make a choice, the sooner you can make an adjustment.
James Clear
A person's success in life can be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have
A person's success in life can be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have
Tim Ferriss
Excellence is the capacity to take pain
Excellence is the capacity to take pain
Thomas Carlyle
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible
Claude Bissell
You can’t manage what you can’t measure
You can’t manage what you can’t measure
Edwards Deming
Intelligence is a commodity, integrity is not
Intelligence is a commodity, integrity is not
Business
The most uncrowded path to profound wealth is often subtle improvements in an existing industry so beautifully boring as to not attract attention from those attempting to sharpen a unicorn horn instead.
The most uncrowded path to profound wealth is often subtle improvements in an existing industry so beautifully boring as to not attract attention from those attempting to sharpen a unicorn horn instead.
A platform is when the economic value of everybody that uses it exceeds the value of the company that creates it
A platform is when the economic value of everybody that uses it exceeds the value of the company that creates it
Bill Gates
Stay alive long enough to be the expert
Stay alive long enough to be the expert
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer
Peter Drucker
If you're not embarassed by the first version of your product you've launched too late
If you're not embarassed by the first version of your product you've launched too late
Reid Hoffman
Entrepreneurship is a personal growth engine disguised as a business pursuit.
Entrepreneurship is a personal growth engine disguised as a business pursuit.
James Clear
Half of entrepreneurship is staying in the game long enough so you can swing for the fences when the right pitch comes.
Half of entrepreneurship is staying in the game long enough so you can swing for the fences when the right pitch comes.
If you don’t build your dreams someone will hire you to help build theirs
If you don’t build your dreams someone will hire you to help build theirs
Tony Gaskin
Planning & Productivity
To achieve great things two things are needed - a plan and not enough time
To achieve great things two things are needed - a plan and not enough time
Leonard Bernstein
Plans are worthless, but planning is everything
Plans are worthless, but planning is everything
Dwight Eisenhower
Time cannot be managed. Only activities can.
Time cannot be managed. Only activities can.
Paul Check
A year from now you will have wished you started today
A year from now you will have wished you started today
Mary Lamb
The fastest way to starve a horse is to assign two people to feed it
The fastest way to starve a horse is to assign two people to feed it
Start with the end in mind
Start with the end in mind
Stephen Covey
Deal with the closest alligator in the swamp
Deal with the closest alligator in the swamp
Gordon Thibedeau
Build systems not goals
Build systems not goals
Scott Adams
Build the machine that builds the machine
Build the machine that builds the machine
Elon Musk
Investing
Only invest if the value is worth the price
Only invest if the value is worth the price
Warren Buffet
Be greedy when others are fearful
Be greedy when others are fearful
Warren Buffet
Outsized returns often come from betting against conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is usually right
Outsized returns often come from betting against conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is usually right
Jeff Bezos
Double down on your best relationship. It's the investment with the highest return
Double down on your best relationship. It's the investment with the highest return
James Clear