Joe Stampone

"Distance and time are the two wedges that separate relationships.

When it really matters, get in the car (or on the plane) and meet them face-to-face.

When you want it to last, don't wait to talk about it. Solve it now before the gap becomes too wide."

Happiness is not a byproduct of ease. Happiness is a byproduct of meaningful struggle. Because there’s nothing better than a hard-earned win. Pain. Resilience. Grit. And then, reward. Knowing you paid the cost of entry with pride. That’s real happiness.

"It's hard to build momentum if you keep dividing your attention."

No one is coming to save you. No one will fix your problems. No one will change your mindsets. No one will hand you the things you want in life. It's just you. It's all on you.

Investor Charlie Munger on life long learning:

“I think that a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time.”

We avoid doing simple things that work because they don't make us look smart.

Smart people feel stupid doing simple things, so we invent complicated alternatives that accomplish less but feel more intellectually satisfying.

Meanwhile, the people who dominate their fields are doing embarrassingly basic things, but they do them better than everyone

Most complexity is unnecessary, but we manage it instead of removing it because deletion requires courage that addition doesn't.

“A novice is easily spotted because they do too much. Too many ingredients. Too many movements. Too much explanation. A master uses the fewest motions required to fulfill their intention.”

The people who get the most done don't agonize over decisions. It's not because they have better judgment. They've just structured their lives so being wrong isn't expensive.

When mistakes are cheap, you can move fast and fix what doesn't work. When mistakes are expensive, you overthink everything and still choose wrong.

This is why startups can run