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Ada Manisdottir • 3 cards
By definition, what works cannot be irrational; about every single person I know who has chronically failed in business shares that mental block, the failure to realize that if something stupid works (and makes money), it cannot be stupid.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
The uncanny and more exceptional you strive to be, the more you need to fight through social indoctrination. Extraordinary wealth will require you to have extraordinary beliefs.
MJ DeMarco • The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime
“What important truth do very few people agree with you
Ryan Holiday • Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
This uniqueness that you express is not anything wild or too strange. That is an affectation in itself. People are rarely that different.
50 Cent • The 50th Law
I guess common sense is not always so common.
Robin Sharma • The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari: The inspiring tale from international bestselling author, Robin Sharma
John Stuart Mill wrote in the 1840s: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”