Einstein said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.
Though you can upgrade your brain domestically, traveling and relocating provides unique conditions that make progress much faster. The different surroundings act as a counterpoint and mirror for your own prejudices, making weaknesses that much easier to fix. I.
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron.
REMEMBER: it is impossible to evaluate, or even understand, anything that you cannot measure.” 80.
The great majority of that which gives you angst never happens, so you must evict it. Don’t let it live rent-free in your brain.
In other words, you can spend all day undermining other people, and even if you’re right, who cares? Anybody can talk about why something’s bad. Try doing something good.
Mastery is a journey, not a destination. True masters never believe they have attained mastery. There is always more to be learned and greater skill to be developed.
If only I had more money” is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment- now and not later. By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves the time to do otherwise.
I’ve even been known to go to bed while my guests are still partying.
One wrong person in your circle can destroy your whole future.
What might you do to accomplish your 10-year goals in the next 6 months, if you had a gun against your head?
Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical.
80% of the consequences flow from 20% of the causes.
To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard.
Embrace uncertainty, groundlessness, and fear as the place where you’ll really learn and grow.
One of the world’s great investors once said to me, “Tom, what do you consider the number-one failing of CEOs?” After I hemmed and hawed, he said, “They don’t read enough.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.” – Seneca the Younger.
But I will say this: the more clear I am about what my goals are, the more easily I can say no.
Show up in every moment like you’re meant to be there, because your energy precedes anything you could possibly say.” Marie Forleo.
I’m not the strongest. I’m not the fastest. But I’m really good at suffering.