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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
“Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” Desire is a driver, a motivator. In fact, a sincere and uncompromising desire, placed above everything else, is nearly always fulfilled.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
Today when I speak with anyone about anything, I try to hold their perspective with a “light grip”: the knowledge that they, and I, have very incomplete maps of reality.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
abilities. I don’t think failure is sometimes part of the process—it always is. When you feel you can’t go on, know that you’re just getting started.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
The third mental model I find myself recommending lately is found not in a book, but on a slightly obscure website: workwithsource.com
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
I love that Bill Campbell’s [called “the coach,” a famous mentor to tech icons like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Larry Page] favorite song was “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones. There is so much wisdom in that song. Sometimes … not getting what you want opens the door to getting what you need.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
Ego is about who’s right. Truth is about what’s right.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. The greatest work of fiction I’ve ever read, with the simplest theme: All of us come with baggage and wounds and pain; all of us. But recognizing that common, human bond is what helps us transcend that pain.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
“If you can conceive of it, it’s probably wrong.” Meditation has taught me that most of the ideas, opinions, rules, and fixed systems I have in my mind aren’t the real truth. They’re the residues of past experiences that I haven’t let go of. What I’ve learned is that my soul doesn’t speak in thoughts at all—it speaks in feelings, images, and clues.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago
Mother Dirt: It cured my acne and skin problems permanently. It’s a $49 spray with oxidizing bacteria that you use in place of soap, and it restores your skin to its natural balance. If I could buy this for every teenager in America, I would.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Matthew Carey added 1mo ago