His Message at a High School Commencement You guys are programmed to succeed. The hardest thing you’re ever going to do in your life is fail at something, and if you don’t start failing at things, you...
Higher pricing means that we can sell fewer units—and thus manage fewer customers—and fulfill our dreamlines. It’s faster. Higher pricing attracts lower-maintenance customers (better credit, fewer com...
Here’s a statistician joke for your next hot date: Person A: What happens when Bill Gates walks into a bar of 55 people? Person B: I don’t know. What? Person A: The average net worth jumps to more tha...
He had realized something while arcing in slow circles toward the earth—risks weren’t that scary once you took them. His
Have you outgrown your systems or beliefs? Is it time that you upgraded? Or, on a personal level, as Jerry Colonna, executive coach to some of the biggest tech stars in Silicon Valley, would ask: How...
Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse.
Gold is getting old. The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility.
Giving What We Can, que insta a la gente a comprometerse a dar al menos el 10 por ciento de sus ingresos
Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application, which is available for free at gettingreal.37signals.com.
For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears....
Fear itself is quite fear-inducing. Most intelligent people in the world dress it up as something else: optimistic denial.
Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. The heroes in this book are no different. Everyone struggles. Take solace in that.
Esto no significa ver los problemas, aceptarlos y dejar que degeneren.
Estar ocupado suele ser un pretexto para evitar unas pocas acciones incómodas que son las que de verdad importan.
Emptiness is the fasting of the mind. –Zhuang Zhou 4th century B.C.
Dude, are you turning into the bald fat man in the red BMW convertible?
Dr. Maté has written several best-selling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction.
Don’t use skepticism as a thinly veiled excuse for inaction or remaining in your comfort zone.
Don’t Be a Donkey TIM: What advice would you give to your 30-year-old self? DEREK: Don’t be a donkey. TIM: And what does that mean? DEREK: Well, I meet a lot of 30-year-olds who are trying to pursue m...
Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for most to accept, because our culture tends to reward personal sacrifice in...