Focusing exclusively on what is in our power magnifies and enhances our power.
Focusing on smaller, progressive parts of the work also eliminates the tendency to sit on your ass and dream indefinitely. There
For instance, in the design stages for a new mouse for an early Apple product, Jobs had high expectations. He wanted it to move fluidly in any direction—a new development for any mouse at that time—bu...
For some reason, these days we tend to downplay the importance of aggression, of taking risks, of barreling forward. It’s probably because it’s been negatively associated with certain notions of viole...
For the rest of his life, the greater the chaos, the calmer Rockefeller would become,
For your work to have truth in it, it must come from truth. If you want to be more than a flash in the pan, you must be prepared to focus on the long term.
Free and cheap helps. So does making the entire process as easy and seamless as possible. The more you reduce the cost of consumption, the more people will be likely to try your product. Which means p...
From good people you’ll learn good, but if you mingle with the bad you’ll destroy such soul as you had. —MUSONIUS RUFUS, QUOTING THEOGNIS OF MEGARA, LECTURES, 11.53.21–22
From sacrifice comes meaning. From struggle comes purpose. If you’re to create something powerful and important, you must at the very least be driven by an equally powerful inner force. If
Getting upset is like continuing the dream while you’re awake. The thing that provoked you wasn’t real—but your reaction was. And so from the fake comes real consequences. Which is why you need to wak...
Give yourself clarity, not sympathy.
Great times are great softeners
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
Growth Hacker Is the New VP [of] Marketing. What? I was a VP of marketing. I quite liked my job. I was good at it, too. Self-taught, self-made, I was, at twenty-five, helping to lead the efforts of a...
Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of How do I get customers for my product? and answers with A/B tests, landing pages, viral factor, email de...
Hate at any point is a cancer that gnaws away at the very vital center of your life and your existence. It is like eroding acid that eats away the best and the objective center of your life.
Hate defers blame. It makes someone else responsible.
He had the strength to resist temptation or excitement, no matter how seductive, no matter the situation.
He was inclined to see the opportunity in every disaster. To that
He was patient because he knew that difficult things took time.
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