Their lifestyle is the result of prioritizing.
A mind that isn’t in control of itself, that doesn’t understand its power to regulate itself, will be jerked around by external events and unquestioned impulses.
It’s important for us to remember in our own journey to self-improvement: one never arrives. The sage – the perfect Stoic who behaves perfectly in every situation – is an ideal, not an end.
Best of all, an honest understanding of what is within our control provides real clarity about the world: all we have is our own mind. Remember that today when you try to extend your reach outward – that it’s much better and more appropriately directed inward.
I’m alarmed at how many creators gloss over creating. They fritter away their time on Twitter and Facebook – not killing time, but believing that they are building up followers to be the recipients of their unremarkable work.
Eventually, all of us will pass away and slowly be forgotten. We should enjoy this brief time we have on earth – not be enslaved to emotions that make us miserable and dissatisfied.
How much more tolerant and understanding would you be today if you could see the actions of other people as attempts to do the right thing?
The idea that you won’t have to work to sell your product is more than entitled.
And, above all, be willing to learn from anyone and everyone, regardless of their station in life.
I always prefer to start from a place of reality, not from my own projections and preferences. Humility is clearer-eyed than ego – and that’s important because humility always works harder than ego.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough”?
The more things we desire and the more we have to do to earn or attain those achievements, the less we actually enjoy our lives – and the less free we are.
Your own experiences have value. You have accumulated your own wisdom too. Stake your claim. Put something down for the ages – in words and also in example.
To be rational today, we have to do just three things: First, we must look inward. Next, we must examine ourselves critically. Finally, we must make our own decisions – uninhibited by biases or popular notions.
Creating is often a solitary experience. Yet work made entirely in isolation is usually doomed to remain lonely.
Where we decide to put our energy decides what we’ll ultimately accomplish.
If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot.
Fix your attention on your intelligence. Let it do its thing.
As a well-spent day brings a happy sleep, so a well-employed life brings a happy death. – LEONARDO DA VINCI.
When you get right down to it, the real skill for marketers today isn’t going to be helping some big, boring company grow 1 percent a year but creating a totally new brand from nothing using next-to-no resources.