Slowly building muscle and strengthening his upper body against his weak lungs and for the future. By his early twenties the battle against asthma was essentially over, he’d worked—almost literally—th...
Shouldn’t we be just as invested in building ourselves as we would be to any company?
Realized that the same drive and compulsion that had made me successful so early came with a price—as it had for so many others. It wasn’t so much the amount of work but the outsized role it had taken...
No podemos trabajar con otra gente si hemos levantado barreras a nuestro alrededor. No podemos mejorar el mundo si no lo entendemos ni nos entendemos a nosotros mismos.
It turns out that the more unbelievable headlines and articles readers are exposed to, the more it warps their compass—making the real seem fake and the fake seem real. The more extreme a headline, th...
It not only has to be worth spreading, it has to provoke a desire in people to spread it. Until you have accomplished that, or until your client is doing something truly remarkable, it just isn’t goin...
How you can feel less busy? Start by learning the power of No!—as in No, thank you, and No, I’m not going to get caught up in that, and No, I just can’t right now.
Hell am I to write it? My story is not particularly important for the lessons that follow, but I want to tell it briefly here at the beginning in order to provide some context. For I have experienced...
Every soul is deprived of truth against its will. The same holds true for justice, self-control, goodwill to others, and every similar virtue.
Every rational person can convert any obstacle into the raw material for their own purpose.
El ego es una creencia malsana en nuestra propia importancia. Esa es la definición que usaremos en este libro.
El ego es la voz que nos dice que somos mejores de lo que realmente somos, podemos decir que obstaculiza el verdadero éxito porque impide que tengamos una conexión directa y honesta con el mundo que n...
Ego is the enemy of what you want and of what you have: Of mastering a craft. Of real creative insight. Of working well with others. Of building loyalty and support. Of longevity. Of repeating and ret...
Creating more work is one of the most effective marketing techniques of all.
Approach each task as if it is your last, giving up every distraction, emotional subversion of reason, and all drama, vanity, and complaint over your fair share. You can see how mastery over a few thi...
Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception. —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23
You will learn that this reaction determines how successful we will be in overcoming—
You say, good fortune used to meet you at every corner. But the fortunate person is the one who gives themselves a good fortune. And good fortunes are a well-tuned soul, good impulses and good actions...
You rush in to stamp out the sparks and end up fanning them into flames. This is the risk.
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now immediate and must be dealt with. [A] crisis provides the opportunity for us to...