Both abundance and scarcity of information creates a similar lack of knowledge.

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"The longer you're a teacher, the less you remember what it is like to be a student.

The longer you're a doctor, the less you remember what it is like to be a patient.

The longer you're a coach, the less you remember what it is like to be a player.

Change positions. A new perspective can improve your old methods."

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Do the Thing, and You'll Get the Energy to Do the Thing

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There’s a date when you were born, and there’s gonna be a date when you die.

Hustle or No Hustle or anything else — you decide what you want your life to be like before the end date arrives. Every other argument for either is just bs.

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Why working with an individual, or working with small firms, is better than working with big firms:

"Deal with the smallest firms possible.

For example, when I hire a lawyer or a banker or even an accountant to work on my deals, I’ve become very cognizant about the size of the firm.

Bigger firms—all other things being equal—are generally worse than small ones.

Very often the principal will sell you and convince you to work with the firm, but then all the work will be done by an agent who simply doesn’t care as much.

You end up getting substandard service.

I prefer to work with boutiques.

My ideal law firm is a law firm of one.

My ideal banker is a solo banker.


Now, you’re making other sacrifices and trade-offs in terms of that person’s resources—and you are betting big on that person.

But you’ve got one throat to choke.

There’s no one else to point fingers at; there’s nowhere to run.

The accountability is extremely high."

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Love is always a prequel to grief. Kindness is a decision not an instinct. Learn this from muscles: soreness is a symptom of strengthening.

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Think like a philosopher.
Train and rest like an athlete.
Take action like an entrepreneur.

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“People generally have more control over their actions than their feelings. But we can influence our feelings by taking action. Take one small step. Move the body first and the mind will follow.”

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“There are some things you can’t understand yet. Your life will be a great and continuous unfolding. It’s good you’ve worked hard to resolve childhood issues while in your twenties, but understand that what you resolve will need to be resolved again. And again. You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness.”

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Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. You may earn degrees, you may have a series of letters after your name and land a good job, but then what? What is the point of it all if in the process your mind becomes dull, weary, stupid?

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“I wonder if there is a school of unlearning”

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Forget about becoming something. Just do stuff. Thinking in labels (job titles) will hold you back.

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The world contains far more information than any single person can learn in their lifetime.

The question is not whether you are ignorant, but what you choose to be ignorant about.

Few topics are worth your precious time. Choose what you pay attention to with great care.

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Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice.

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Don’t procrastinate on the basics.

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The only numbers that matter:

Steps taken today
Glasses of water drunk
Minutes meditated
Hours of sleep
Minutes excercised
Books read
Investments made
Songs listened
Journal entries written
Minutes of focused work
Screen time
Loyal friends
Acts of love & kindness

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My motto for improving at just about every skill. When you're away from the practice, study it obsessively. Break it down and explore the nuances of the craft. Once it's time to perform, put all the thinking away and let the wisdom of intuition guide you.

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the trade-off is there, even if you can’t see it

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Often the best (and most difficult) decision in life is to simply do nothing.

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a reminder, to you and to me:

your dreams, your ambitions deserve every honest shot you got in you. stop self-rejecting. and be brave, friend.

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"Just like a low resting heart rate is the byproduct of intense exercise, low anxiety is the byproduct of intense self-examination." - Naval Ravikant

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