The only time I get depressed is when I am not being productive. It’s when I am not accomplishing or doing or contributing in any way. Nothing makes me less happy than relaxation and sitting around with nothing to do.
As a guiding principle, life shrinks and life expands in direct proportion to your willingness to assume risk.
Free time is the enemy of progress.
Every time I took these bigger risks, the opportunity for a bigger payout was always there.
Without a goal, you can’t score.
A shared life is a great life.
Overthinking the process will kill any career in the creative space. You just have to do, not think.
Sunday is my favorite work day.
Phone calls, that is actually interrupting someone’s life to have them talk on the phone, should be reserved for emergencies only.
It’s both scary and flattering that my vlog style has become film-making curriculum.
More often than not I find myself in situations where I have no idea what I’m doing and I feel no shame in revealing that.
Look back at your life. It's always the hardest times that made you who you are.
You either act on ideas or set them free. You don’t dwell on them.
I never want money that I didn’t earn.
It’s a lot easier to be mean than to be nice. So mean people, on top of being jerks, are also lazy and uncreative.
Being nice takes work. That’s why I really like people who are nice.
Work hard, be brave.
Every major decision I’ve made in the last eight years has been prefaced by a run. Where else do you get those uninterrupted hours to do nothing but think?
For all the marathons I’ve run, including the Ironmans that I’ve run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I’m okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it’s the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring.
I run 50-70 miles a week and lift five or six days. It’s my time.
DO WHAT YOU CAN’T