Objective judgment, now at this very moment. Unselfish action, now at this very moment. Willing acceptance—now at this very moment—of all external events. That’s all you need. —MARCUS AURELIUS Overcom...
Not be positive but learn to be ceaselessly creative and opportunistic. Not: This is not so bad. But: I can make this good.
No obstante, ninguno de estos individuos carecía por completo de ego, pero todos sabían cómo suprimirlo, cómo canalizarlo y cómo contenerlo cuando era importante. Ellos eran grandes y, sin embargo, hu...
No matter what you’ve done up to this point, you better still be a student. If you’re not still learning, you’re already dying. It is not enough only to be a student at the beginning. It is a position...
Napoleon had the words To Destiny! engraved on the wedding ring he gave his wife. Destiny was what he’d always believed in, it was how he justified his boldest, most ambitious ideas.
NEVER DO ANYTHING OUT OF HABIT So in the majority of other things, we address circumstances not in accordance with the right assumptions, but mostly by following wretched habit. Since all that I’ve sa...
Most of us would be seized with fear if our bodies went numb, and would do everything possible to avoid it, yet we take no interest at all in the numbing of our souls. —EPICTETUS
Most of us are afraid of dying. But sometimes this fear begs the question: To protect what exactly? For a lot of people the answer is: hours of television, gossiping, gorging, wasting potential, repor...
Mike Tyson, who, reflecting on the collapse of his fortune and fame, told a reporter, If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
Michael Arrington, the loudmouth founder and former editor in chief of TechCrunch, is famous for investing in the start-ups that his blogs would then cover. Although he no longer runs TechCrunch, he w...
Marketing is the art of allocating resources—sending more power to the wheels that are getting traction, sending it away from the ones that are spinning. And investing in each strategy until the resul...
Marcus reminded himself: Don’t await the perfection of Plato’s Republic. He wasn’t expecting the world to be exactly the way he wanted it to be, but Marcus knew instinctively, as the Catholic philosop...
Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time. S
Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant. —VIKTOR FRA...
Make something people want. —PAUL GRAHAM
Life speeds on the bold and favors the brave.
Let’s be honest, a traditional marketer would not even be close to imagining the integration above—there’s too many technical details needed for it to happen. As a result, it could only have come out...
Let’s be clear: competitiveness is an important force in life. It’s what drives the market and is behind some of mankind’s most impressive accomplishments. On an individual level, however, it’s absolu...
La intención de hacer algo grande, ya sea en deportes, arte o negocios, suele ser intimidante. Pero el ego atenúa ese miedo. Es un escudo contra la inseguridad.
Just don’t lie to yourself by conflating emoting about a problem and dealing with it. Because they are as different as sleeping and waking.