“Many of the most accomplished people of our era were considered by experts to have no future. Jackson Pollock, Marcel Proust, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Lucille Ball, and Charles Darwin were all thought to have little potential for their chosen fields.”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.”
― The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
― The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
“Many of us labor under the delusion that we’re permanently stuck with all of the difficult parts of our personalities—that we are “hot-tempered,” or “shy,” or “sad”—and that these are fixed, immutable traits. We now know that many of the attributes we value most are, in fact, skills, which can be trained the same way you build your body in the gym.”
― 10% Happier
― 10% Happier
“Too many of us are slaves to our lifestyle. We build a business (or career) that we hate, to enable us to buy things we don’t need, to impress people we don’t even like. This is the paradox.”
― Mastermind Dinners: Build Lifelong Relationships by Connecting Experts, Influencers, and Linchpins
― Mastermind Dinners: Build Lifelong Relationships by Connecting Experts, Influencers, and Linchpins
“stated life’s purpose. “I would like to die thinking that humanity has a bright future,” he said. “If we can solve sustainable energy and be well on our way to becoming a multiplanetary species with a self-sustaining civilization on another planet—to cope with a worst-case scenario happening and extinguishing human consciousness—then,” and here he paused for a moment, “I think that would be really good.”
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
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