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
“so you can keep reminding yourself, ‘I did that, so I can do this.’”
Liz Moody • 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success
I want it to be totally okay and acceptable and normal to say “I don’t entirely understand what I just read, but I loved it.
"There are a million opportunities. Things to say 'no' to, that you would've begged to have the opportunity to say 'yes' to only two years ago. So you're permanently readjusting the sensitivity on what constitutes a ‘hell yeah’. What you would have begged for yesterday is something you now need to learn to say 'no' to today."
#764 Modern Wisdom
"Our only task in life is to know our truth and act from that truth." But if the mind gets involved, it will prevent us from sharing and sharing as in sharing openly.
- Dr. Aria, High Performance Coach
Mental Health and Quotes
I spent so much of my life terrified what I was going to become and whether I was going to be right here, right now. God, how much time did I waste? Afraid I wasn't going to be right here, right now. If I could change the only thing I'd change about my whole life would be fearing less that I wouldn't get right here, the place that I was going
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A business, by definition, exists to make a profit and the world’s best corporate storytellers acknowledge as much. What sets them apart is what they do next. They wrap their product, service, company, or cause with a vision and a purpose that goes well beyond making money.
Carmine Gallo • The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don't
In 1903, the New York Times predicted it would take 1–10 million years to invent a working airplane.
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight just 9 weeks later.
“What works is being different. Don’t try to be liked. Find out how you’re different. Then be that. That’s where the power is. That’s what’s new. That’s what’s wanted.” - @davetrott