Words to live by
How to avoid cynicism:
Act in ways opposite to your instinct. If you hate something, find out more about it. Again ask 'What is this?', 'Who made this?', 'Who is this for?' Genuinely. Never stop doing this"
-via @being_on_line
Families teach us love, and tribes teach us loyalty. The village teaches us tolerance
Generic ambition will give you anxiety. Specific ambition will give you direction.
Anu Atluru • Writing Wrapped
I learned this formula for success from Charlie Munger:
1. Don’t sell stuff you don’t want to buy.
2. Don’t work for people you don’t want to become.
3. Create win-win relationships for all.
1. Don’t sell stuff you don’t want to buy.
2. Don’t work for people you don’t want to become.
3. Create win-win relationships for all.
“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
If you want to understand someone’s dreams, ask: How can I help you become the person you want to be?
Jessica Hagy • Ten Infrequently Asked Questions
“I believe in freedom of speech and people are entitled to articulate their views but they’re not entitled to have an alternative set of facts”
— taoiseach simon harris
Bezos, when asked where he gets the confidence to attempt to build companies of such massive scale, like Amazon and Blue Origin.
He responds:
“I think it’s generally human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity. And so I think entrepreneurs in general would be well-advised to try and bias against that. The risks are probably not a
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