substack inspirational quotes

Nobody trains us to quit properly. School rewards persistence. Work celebrates grit. But successful people are skilled quitters. They drop failing projects fast. They exit draining relationships quickly. They abandon unproductive habits immediately. Your ability to reallocate resources from what isn't working to what might work determines your... See more

'What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well - educated , brilliantly promising , and fading out into an indifferent middle age.' — Sylvia Path.

A pattern I’ve noticed in successful people - that didn’t sacrifice their life for success - is that they physically worked very little, yet people see them as hard workers. Mentally, they were always thinking, plotting, and scheming. They worked in their mind. And once they were clear on their idea, they executed with speed that others couldn’t... See more

The simplest success formula: Do one thing for longer than seems reasonable. Everyone's switching strategies every month. Meanwhile, someone doing basics for five years is getting rich. Patience is arbitrage.