It certainly feels that way sometimes.
Is the sense of our own path and how to stay on it without getting distracted by all the others that intersect it. In other words, it’s not about beating the other guy. It’s not about having more than...
Instill calm—not by force but by example.
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...
Has ever done this or that is a good thing. When given an unfair task, some rightly see it as a chance to test what they’re made of—to give it all they’ve got, knowing full well how difficult it will...
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. Es ese chiquillo irritable que hay dentro de cada uno, aquel que elige hacer lo que quier...
Don’t just want fuel. You need it. You can’t go
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’ll have far better luck toughening yourself up than you ever will trying to take the teeth out of a world that is—at best—indifferent to your existence.
Your principles can’t be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it’s continually in your power to reignite new ones…. It’s possible to start living again! See things anew a...
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 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...
You need to know what you don’t want and what your choices preclude.
You need the kind of objectivity that makes you forget everything you’ve heard, clear the table, and do a factual study like a scientist would. —STEVE
You need the kind of objectivity that makes you forget everything you’ve heard, clear the table, and do a factual study like a scientist would. —STEVE WOZNIAK
You don't convince people by challenging their longest and most firmly held opinions. You find common ground and work from there.
You could say that failure always arrives uninvited, but through our ego, far too many of us allow it to stick around.
You can take the bite out of any tough situation by bringing a calm mind to it. By considering it and meditating on it in advance.