If I focus in the right way, we can achieve a lot in the next 5 years.
It is good to zoom out and see how to create a step-function change.
You’re one year of focus away from people calling you lucky
Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year.
Your entire life can change in one year. One year of focused, daily effort.
One year of showing up with intention and clarity.
You can reinvent yourself whenever you want
You are mostly not late.
You can just do things
Tolerance for uncertainty OR how you handle ambiguity defines a lot of outcomes.
The one who can tolerate the most uncertainty is the one who will eventually win.
Your professional success is proportional to your ability to figure it out.
Take pride in finishing things
By doing what you said you’d do
Real confidence is built on resilience. Adaptability. Tolerance for uncertainty
Emotional control is the ultimate sign of personal growth
Showing up is the key to life
Anything above zero compounds.
Ambitious people allow optimal to get in the way of beneficial.
Reliability is more important than talent.
You can get pretty damn far in life by just being someone people can count on to do the work.
Nobody cares
When you’re winning, nobody cares. When you’re losing, nobody cares.
Learn to work without validation.
Nobody is thinking about you.
Nobody is coming to save you.
Always get your dopamine from action
Dopamine from information gathering is a dangerous drug.
The real goal is to have a razor-thin gap between information and action
Your entire life will change when you stop gathering information and start acting on the information you already have
Do hard things every single day
Fear comes from inexperience, not incapability
Inexperience is the problem to be solved—and it’s only solved through having the courage to act in the face of it
Never let your head outsmart your gut
Your gut is earned intuition—a refined, elevated biological protection mechanism
My rule: If your gut says no, the answer is no.
The most important things take a long time to build
Real, durable things take a long time to build.
Careers. Businesses. Relationships. Health
The long way is the right way
Be unapologetically yourself
Do what most people avoid
Doing opposite.
Obsess over one thing.
Have difficult conversations.
Your standards decide your future
Every time you let something slide just this once, you train yourself to accept less than what you deserve
Set your standards, then hold the line
Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.
Choose a partner you actually like being around
People make these long lists of values and traits they want to find in a partner, but so much of life just comes down to being kind and pleasant to be around
And if you’re going to make a long list of values and traits you want to find in another, make sure you’re embodying them yourself
Don’t wait
Just start. Take that crazy leap of faith.
Opportunities don’t wait until you’re ready. Miss them now and you miss them forever.
Stress and anxiety feed on idleness
You feel stressed and anxious because you’re not doing anything.
When you take action, you starve them of the oxygen they need to survive
You have to know when to stop
Stop arguing with people who don’t listen.
Stop chasing people who run away.
Stop forcing relationships that drain you.
Stop grinding on things that don’t matter.
Stop saying yes when you mean no.
Don’t complain about anything
If it’s within your control, go do something about it.
If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it.