Thought provoking
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Benjamin Graham • The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed (Collins Business Essentials)
Confronting the reality of our own mortality is important because it obliterates all the crappy, fragile, superficial values in life.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
Action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
You are already great because in the face of endless confusion and certain death, you continue to choose what to give a fuck about and what not to.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
negative emotions are a call to action.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
a person who is too fearful will end up performing defensively and thus fail to seize offensive advantages.
Walter Isaacson • Benjamin Franklin
Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create.
Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
Navaltwitter.com“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.”
Erik Larson • The Devil In The White City
the real potential of becoming An Artist Nobody Likes was far, far scarier than remaining An Artist Nobody’s Heard Of. At least he was comfortable with and used to being An Artist Nobody’s Heard Of.