Alex Chow

“Talent x Effort = Skills
Skills x Effort = Achievement

Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort. Achievement is what happens when you take your acquired skills and use them. [...] Effort builds skill. At the very same time, effort makes skill productive.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

“Expanding your body frees you to approach, act, and persist.”
― Amy Cuddy, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

“Whose side are you on?

The side of not getting killed. For future reference, that's the side I'm always on.”
― Michael Rutger, The Anomaly

“...linen is a fabric that wrinkles like Jack Nicholson's balls without Botox.”
― Anna Kendrick