Life Lessons

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.

— Richard Feynman

Mastery is the best goal because the rich can't buy it, the impatient can't rush it, the privileged can't inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery is the ultimate status.

—Derek Sivers

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

— Thomas Edison

The person who carefully designs their daily routine goes further than the person who negotiates with themselves every day.

—Farnham Street

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

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

— Alice Wellington Rollins

 Night owls may have sharper minds than early risers. If the birds are chirping right now, you’re about to feel a bit offended. In a study of 26,000 people in the UK, those who stayed up late showed “superior cognitive function” across tests of intelligence, reasoning, reaction time, and memory than people who wake up early, according to