Joe Stampone

"Focus on the things you are for, not the things you are against.

Many people spend large chunks of their day thinking about what they hate. They are always telling you about something they dislike: this food, that subject, this political party, that coworker.

You are more than your frustrations. Build your identity around what you love."

Buy time, not status.

"Things that aren't doing the thing:

·        Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

·        Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

·        Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.

·        Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

·        Messaging friends who may or may not be doing

Before you enter any debate, ask yourself two questions:

1.       Does this person show a willingness to listen and change their mind?

2.      What evidence would cause me to change mine?

As the old saying goes, “Never wrestle a pig in the mud. You both get dirty—but the pig will enjoy it.”

Perhaps this is all best summarized with one simple line:

If

in real life things fluctuate between pretty good and not so hot, but in investors’ minds they go from flawless to hopeless.

In good times, ambiguous developments are interpreted positively, and negative ones are easily brushed aside. And when times have been good for a while, the possibility of loss recedes from consciousness. Rather, missing out

"Today might be the best chance you have to take action.

The longer you wait, the more deeply embedded you get in your current lifestyle. Your habits solidify. Your beliefs harden. You get comfortable.

It will never be easy, but it may also never be easier than it is right now."

One can even argue that the modern corporation and work arrangements are tools for the suppression of intelligence: For turning humans into small interchangeable parts, performing narrow tasks. The corporation as a whole is productive, but every component within it is designed for and encouraged not to think too much in order to maintain the