After three months, Schwab was so delighted with the progress his company had made that he called Lee into his office and wrote him a check for $25,000 (equivalent to $400,000 in 2015)
Why does it work? -It's simple enough to actually work.*Complexity is often a weakness because it makes it harder to get back on track.-It forces you to make tough decisions. Prune your deas and trim away everything that isn't absolutely necessary. Basically, if you commit to nothing, you'll be distracted by everything.-It removes the friction of... See more
Email is a time debt that most people participate in each day. If you send an email now, you are committing to reading the reply or responding with an additional message later. Every email you send creates a small debt that you have to pay back at a later time.
I never lost faith in the end of the story, I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade.” He was then asked, Who didn’t make it out of Vietnam? “Oh, that’s easy,” Stockdale said. “The optimists. Oh, they... See more
"Most people spend it getting dressed, getting ready, and rushing out the door. What if that time was spent making yourself a better person? What if you woke up an hour *before* you needed to each day and worked on yourself? How much better would you be at work, in your relationships, and as a person?"