Write down ten ideas. About anything.

When you give up searching for frontiers, inevitably you end up stuck in a swamp, sinking deeper into the mud the more you struggle to get out.

This is obviously an extreme. But it points out how hard it is for us to do things for ourselves unless we are given some implicit permission.

“I feel like money makes you more of who you already are. If you’re an asshole, you become a bigger asshole. If you’re nice, you become nicer. Money is fun to make, fun to spend, and fun to give away.”

We rob ourselves of our joy and happiness when we stop and check in with what everyone else is thinking and saying about us.

Every time you say yes to something you don’t want, your fire starts to go away. You will get burned out.

The only real fire to cultivate is the fire inside of you. Nothing external will cultivate it. The greater your internal fire is, the more people will want it.

We’re taught at an early age that we’re not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us to be…what?

I used to go out every night. You never know, I would think. I used to go to every business meeting I was invited to. You never know, I would think. I used to go on TV every time I was asked. You never know, I would think. Maybe someone would SEE me. And call me and offer me and give me and want me and like me and love me.