Ales

“You’re not as good as you think. You don’t have it all figured out. Stay focused. Do better.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

“For I have a single definition of success: you look in the mirror every evening, and wonder if you disappoint the person you were at 18, right before the age when people start getting corrupted by life. Let him or her be the only judge; not your reputation, not your wealth, not your standing in the community, not the decorations on your lapel. If you do not feel ashamed, you are successful. All other definitions of success are modern constructions; fragile modern constructions.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, and doing as you say you would do.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“How much you truly “believe” in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life