Seek out the smartest people who disagreed with me so I could try to understand their reasoning. 2. Know when not to have an opinion. 3. Develop, test, and systemize timeless and universal principles. 4. Balance risks in ways that keep the
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“When there is a problem, there is not something to do, there is something to know.”
― You Can Heal Your Life
― You Can Heal Your Life
“One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.”
― Think and Grow Rich
― Think and Grow Rich
“When I set a task for myself, I complete it. Therefore, I am careful not to start difficult and impractical tasks, because I love leisure.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“Nobel Prize–winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues have shown that what we remember about the pleasurable quality of our past experiences is almost entirely determined by two things: how the experiences felt when they were at their peak (best or worst), and how they felt when they ended. This “peak-end” rule of Kahneman’s is what we use to summarize the experience, and then we rely on that summary later to remind ourselves of how the experience felt.”
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
“Those who are afraid of new ideas are doomed before they start.”
― Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
― Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition
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