If you do everything I ask, you get a C.

If you want a better grade, do more.

–Hilary’s Teacher

What is the pain you want to sustain?

–Mark Manson

i.e., Do you want the reward but not the struggle? Want the results but not the process of getting them? What values are worth the effort?

“A tiny acorn grows into a magnificent oak tree, and it never goes: ‘I have to improve myself.’”

Discover, not improve

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi

Drive your dopamine dream; don’t be driven. Steer now. –Laurence Chen

Do, or do not. There is no failure, only feedback. –Yoda Robert Allen

“The hurt from getting beaten only lasts a little while, but the hurt from giving up without a fight never goes away.” – John Taylor Gatto

It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. – Seneca

The tweet that can be retweeted is not the eternal kernel. Lather, rinse, retweet. This too is panicky. [Twitter tagline, Laurence Chen]

Curate connect organize lead – Seth Godin