We need discipline, guidelines, context, and responsibility early in any new endeavor. It’s the time to sacrifice. To learn, to observe, to take heed. If and when we get knowledge of the space, the craft, the people, and the plan, then we can let our freak flag fly, and create.
– from Greenlights book by Matthew McConaughey
Category: Quotes
Love is visible – it paints …
Love is visible – it paints the air between two people a different color, and everyone can see it.
– from The Wedding People book by Alison Espach
Well, let’s take it one day …
Well, let’s take it one day at a time, shall we? I enjoyed yesterday, I’m having fun today, and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.
– from The Man Who Died Twice book by Richard Osman
The three most important words in …
The three most important words in investing are, “I don’t know.” Not saying those three words has cost investors billions.
– from How Not to Invest book by Barry Ritholtz
Many religions praise the value of …
Many religions praise the value of humility – but then imagine themselves to be the most important thing in the universe. They mix calls for personal meekness with blatant collective arrogance. Humans of all creeds would do well to take humility more seriously.
– from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari
When someone learns to drive a …
When someone learns to drive a race car, one of the first lessons taught is that when you are going around a curve at 200 mph, do not focus on the wall; focus on the road. If you focus on the wall, you will drive right into it. If you focus on the road, you will follow the road. Running a company is like that. There are always a thousand things that can go wrong and sink the ship. If you focus too much on them, you will drive yourself nuts and likely crash your company. Focus on where you are going rather than on what you hope to avoid.
– from The Hard Thing About Hard Things book by Ben Horowitz
It’s not a matter of having …
It’s not a matter of having enough raw talent. Talent needs to be channeled and developed in order to become something more than a momentary spark.
– from Building a Second Brain book by Tiago Forte
Hyperinflation is a form of economic …
Hyperinflation is a form of economic disaster unique to government money. There was never an example of hyperinflation with economies that operated a gold or silver standard, and even when artifact money like seashells and beads lost its monetary role over time, it usually lost it slowly, with replacements taking over more and more of the purchasing power of the outgoing money. But with government money, whose cost of production tends to zero, it has become quite possible for an entire society to witness all of its savings in the form of money disappear in the space of a few months or even weeks.
– from The Bitcoin Standard book by Saifedean Ammous
Think your idea’s that valuable? Then …
Think your idea’s that valuable? Then go try to sell it and see what you get for it. Not much is probably the answer. Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea. And everyone’s got one of those.
– from Rework book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
When I’m anxious, I cycle. When …
When I’m anxious, I cycle. When I need a boost of energy, I cycle. When I need to knock myself out, I cycle. When I can’t focus, I cycle.
– from Book Lovers book by Emily Henry