Sum Of All I Read

If you can’t be happy with a coffee, you won’t be happy with a yacht - @naval

Spend the best hours of your day on the biggest opportunity, not the biggest problem.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I notice myself worrying about “what other people will think” I find I’m usually not worried about any single person’s opinion. If I pick a specific person, I‘m rarely concerned about what they will think. What I fear is the collective opinion in my head. - @JamesClear

Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in.— Don Miguel Ruiz

Like our stomachs, our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger. - Petrarch

Never forget this: the nature of our attention affects the nature of our experience. - @rorysutherland in Alchemy

The more you move, the easier it is to keep moving. Maintain the momentum. - @JamesClear

When feedback is immediate, clear, and concrete, people learn quickly. When feedback is delayed, abstract, and opaque, people rarely learn. - @JamesClear

If we see someone throwing money away, we call that person crazy. Money has value. Wasting it seems nuts. And yet we see others—and ourselves—throw away something far more valuable every day: Time. — The Shortness of Time

The human mind does not run on logic any more than a horse runs on petrol. - @rorysutherland in Alchemy

It's almost always better to learn from peers who are 2 years ahead of you than mentors who are 20 years ahead of you. Life evolves and most insights get outdated. - @JamesClear

If you’re getting paid to teach, you’re getting paid to learn - @shl

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else — you are the one who gets burned. - Buddhaghosa

What looks like talent is often careful preparation. What looks like skill is often persistent revision. - @JamesClear

Pessimism is self-fulfilling. Optimism is a choice.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. — H. L. Hunt

‘Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.’ I have never come across a better definition. Preparation multiplied by opportunity. Learn it off by heart. Let it become a daily mantra. Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity. - Felix Dennis, How to Get Rich

The mind shapes the body, and the body shapes the mind. - Amy Cuddy

Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. A small habit—when repeated consistently—grows into something significant. - @JamesClear