Practical Wisdom

Problems scream for attention while successes only whisper. We're wired to chase whatever's loudest.

— Farnham Street

Take the small things seriously, because small things become big things.

— Sahil Bloom

Nearly everything awesome takes longer than you think. Get started and don't worry about the clock

— James Clear

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it."

— Dean Smith

Wealth can be created, there is not a fixed amount of it in the world. Somebody doing well doesn’t always come at someone else’s expense.

— Nabeel S. Qureshi 

Excellence lives in doing a bit more than others.

— Farnham Street

In a world of infinite knowledge and finite time, specialization is the key to unlocking mastery. It’s about going deep, not wide.

— Shane Parrish

If you want to understand someone, figure out the narrative they tell themselves about themself.

— Farnham Street