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Harder than it looks, not as fun as it seems
A barbelled personality—optimistic about the future, but paranoid about what will prevent you from getting to the future—is vital.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Sound judgment, achieved through aggressive truth seeking, is your most differentiating and deterministic trait. Despite all the hard work you do and the good luck you garner, you can lose it all with a tainted decision—and compound your outcome with an enlightened one. It’s all about being honest. This was the founding core principle behind Bridge
... See moreScott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
When things are going extremely well, realize it’s not as good as you think. You are not invincible, and if you acknowledge that luck brought you success then you have to believe in luck’s cousin, risk, which can turn your story around just as quickly.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money
doesn’t matter if you’re a billionaire, a millionaire, or just a kid who snagged a good job early. The complete and utter sense of certainty that got you here can become a liability if you’re not careful.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
Most things are harder than they look and not as fun as they seem because the information we’re exposed to tends to be a highlight reel of what people want you to know about themselves to increase their own chances of success. It’s easiest to convince people that you’re special if they don’t know you well enough to see all the ways you’re not.