Tom Schmidt

Not taking things personally can be a form of generosity. You give people the space to say things imperfectly."

• Do not stop until you get it right


• If you go to sleep on a win, you will wake up with a loss


• Push through fear and use it as a tailwind


• Drop the ego and do whatever it takes to win


• Find the best people, then empower them


• Keep the main thing the main thing


• Focus on the big picture and be fearless about moving forward


• Opportunity is a strange beast;

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"Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey."

"You are as old as the risks you take. In many ways, aging is not the process of growing old, but rather the slow death of becoming overly protective, scared, and worried about losing what you have. Youth is found in the energy of going for it, taking the risk, and trusting that you'll figure it out along the way."

"Speed creates opportunity. Patience compounds it.

Moving fast will generate more chances. But if you quickly jump from thing to thing, growth will stall.

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I don’t know about wine, or cars...

...but I am a collector, and (dare I say), a connoisseur of questions.

For years, I’ve collected a list of “better questions”.

Why?

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Instead of working slightly harder, go insane for two weeks and make something huge.

1. What was the most memorable moment this year?


2. What did you do this year that you’d never done before?


3. What’s a memory from this year that still makes you smile?


4. What was your biggest achievement?


5. What was the most challenging part of the year, and how did you grow from it?


6. What’s something new you discovered about yourself?


7. What one thing

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