I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.
I always prefer to start from a place of reality, not from my own projections and preferences. Humility is clearer-eyed than ego—and that’s important because humility always works harder than ego.
Humility engenders learning because it beats back the arrogance that puts blinders on. It leaves you open for truths to reveal themselves. You don’t stand in your own way. . . . Do you know how you ca...
Humans are still primed to detect threats and dangers that no longer exist—
Here’s the other part: once you win, everyone is gunning for you. It’s during your moment at the top that you can afford ego the least—because the stakes are so much higher, the margins for error are...
Help your fellow humans thrive and survive, contribute your little bit to the universe before it swallows you up, and be happy with that. Lend a hand to others. Be strong for them, and it will make yo...
Greatness comes from humble beginnings; it comes from grunt work. It means you’re the least important person in the room—until you change that with results. Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, pg 56
Focusing on smaller, progressive parts of the work also eliminates the tendency to sit on your ass and dream indefinitely. There
Focusing exclusively on what is in our power magnifies and enhances our power. But every ounce of energy directed at things we can't actually influence is wasted, self-indulgent, and self-destructive.
First, see clearly. Next, act correctly. Finally, endure and accept the world as it is.
First off, don’t let the force of the impression carry you away. Say to it, ‘hold up a bit and let me see who you are and where you are from—let me put you to the test’ … —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.18....
Find out why you’re after what you’re after. Ignore those who mess with your pace. Let them covet what you have, not the other way around. Because that’s independence.
Find clarity in the simplicity of doing your job today.
Find canvases for other people to paint on. Be an anteambulo. Clear the path for the people above you and you will eventually create a path for yourself.
Every negative has a positive. Push a negative hard enough and deep enough that it will break through into its counterside.
Every event has two handles—one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it...
Este es el ego que nos tira hacia abajo como si fuera la ley de gravedad, como advertía el escritor Cyril Connolly.
Do I need this thing? What will happen if I do not get it? Can I make do without it?
Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—
Creativity is a matter of receptiveness and recognition. This cannot happen if you’re convinced the world revolves around you.