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Joined March 2009
Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins.
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more reps. more attempts. more volume. more output. more at bats. more swings. more mornings. more hours in the room. more shots. the people who win just do more. that’s the boring truth nobody wants to hear because it doesn’t fit in a framework or a four step system. just do more. do more than the person next to you. do more than you did yesterday. more more more.
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“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.” — Miles Davis
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Major cheat code for life: realizing you really can just wake up one day and say "that's enough of that" and change direction completely.
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The thing nobody tells you about exponential change is that it feels like nothing is happening right up until the moment everything happens at once.
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Exceptional people are rare. When you find someone wonderful, invest in them. -When you find a great employee, pay them well. -When you find a great friend, prioritize the relationship. -When you find a great spouse, out-love them each day. Relationships are probably the most important part of life. Take care of the great ones.
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Competition is largely an illusion. 95% of people don't even try to do great things. 0.1% of the people are loud, so you overestimate how many people there are. The rest get stuck worrying about competition and quitting after 2 weeks.
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For quality of life, it is better to err on the side of being an optimist and wrong, rather than a pessimist and right
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The solution to anxiety is action.
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Bill Burr’s advice will banish anxiety from your life: “You’re gonna be fine. And even if you’re not gonna be fine, isn’t it better to just exist thinking you’re gonna be fine. And then when it’s not fine you can just f*cking handle it then.”
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Savor the little victories as much as you criticize the little mistakes.
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“One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.” - Lao Tzu
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One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people: Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing. Sounds simple on the surface - the hard part is making it part of your every day working process.
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you aren't the average of the five people you spend the most time with. you're the average of the five people you spend the most time consuming. read timeless biographies. watch old interviews. follow the obsessed. study iconic lectures. brainwash yourself with greatness.
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REMINDER that Van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in a mental asylum, Dostoevsky wrote "The Gambler" to pay off gambling debts, and Dickens wrote "The Christmas Carol" when he was broke and his wife on their 5th child. Stress has produced more art than "slow saturdays" ever will
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Home fitness is a goal.
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When things get static, you need to change something. Anything. You need chaos. You need novelty. You need the experiences and ideas that fuel forward progress. Build something new. Test test test. Rip apart your daily routine. Do anything but the same thing.
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Nothing to flex until your mom is retired
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“Do not make any small plans, because it cannot inspire the soul” - John D. Rockefeller
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One of the best reading advice by @naval:
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