Johann Van Tonder
@jvt
20 years in ecommerce, now CEO of a CRO agency. Probably doing analysis in R or building stuff with AI. Or walking on the beach. Yeah, probably that.
Johann Van Tonder
One day, you will wake up and realize that you are the same age as all the people you thought were "old" many years ago, and whether you feel at peace will depend on whether you took the risks that seemed bold at the time, but that were in retrospect the only obvious thing to do.
You might as well have fun with life...
It will kick you, drag you down, and throw you sideways - but if you can take it & keep coming back for more, it's hard to lose.
Take some chances, dive in & decide that it's okay to take hits - and that's how you really start winning.
Dr. Julie Gurnerx.comIt’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life—that’s persistence.
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Inspo and Motivation
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.
Bill Gates, The Road Ahead
Bill Gates, The Road Ahead
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” — Thomas Campbell
Almost everyone I’ve ever met would be well-served by spending more time thinking about what to focus on. —Sam Altman
Clarifying your thinking and explaining the origins of your ideas. (Why do I think this? What exactly do I think?)
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
One must seek Knowledge, but be a little wary of finding it. Perhaps excessive, but one could say the idea of possessing knowledge represents a kind of complacency. This is what Socrates meant: Once you think you know, you stop looking. You cease your wonder.