The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

—Mark and Jo Ann Skousen

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

-- Aldous Huxley

There are many ways to win in business, but there is one surefire way to lose: run out of money. Entrepreneurship is a game of survival.

—James Clear

Gym Haiku

Gym Bros lifting weights

Lululemons hanging ‘round

Sweat and lust pervade

In my whole life I’ve never been good at something I wasn’t very interested in. It just doesn’t work. There’s no substitute for strong interest.

— Charlie Munger

Nobody tells a better story than a person wanting to borrow money.

The ultimate outcome in any given situation is governed far more by the actions that follow a decision than the decision itself.

—Sahil Bloom

 It is officially the first day of fall. The leaves may have barely begun to turn, but, as Charlotte Mendelson reminds us, “ ’Tis the season of mist, nature’s Photoshop; trenchcoats; barley; licensed melancholy; munificence; and glorious rot.” It is a time when new growth ceases and gardens begin to wilt and shrivel. “After the

Reputation is like a shadow. Sometimes it's bigger than you, and sometimes it's smaller.

—Farnham Street

Tact is not the quality by which you often please, but by which you seldom offend.

— Alice Wellington Rollins