My goal is to learn things once and use them forever.
One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. – BRUCE LEE.
Even if you are predisposed to being overweight, you’re not predestined to be fat.
Everything popular is wrong. – OSCAR WILDE, The Importance of Being Earnest.
It’s a short reminder that success can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations we are willing to have, and by the number of uncomfortable actions we are willing to take. The most fulfilled and effective people I know – world-famous creatives, billionaires, thought leaders, and more – look at their life’s journey as perhaps 25 percent finding themselves and 75 percent creating themselves.
If I want a better-than-average career, I can’t simply ‘go with the flow’ and get it. Most people do just that: they wish for an outcome but make no intention-driven actions toward that outcome. If they would just do something most people would find that they get some version of the outcome they’re looking for. That’s been my secret. Stop wishing and start doing.
You’re not responsible for the hand of cards you were dealt. You’re responsible for maxing out what you were given.
If you can’t define it or act upon it, forget it.
I believe that success can be measured in the number of uncomfortable conversations you’re willing to have.
In cooking – as in business and war – hope for the best but plan for the worst.
In the end, winning is sleeping better.” – Jodie Foster.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – ALBERT EINSTEIN.
Strauss, Neil: “‘The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.’ – Norman Vincent Peale.
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.” – Betty Reese.
Happiness is a choice you make and a skill you develop.
The best defense is a good offense. – DAN GABLE, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling and the most successful coach in history; personal record: 299–6–3, with 182 pins.
More than 80% of the interviewees have some form of daily mindfulness or meditation practice.
How is it possible that all the people in the world need exactly 8 hours to accomplish their work? It isn’t. 9–5 is arbitrary.
80% of the results come from 20% of the effort and time.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.