Sam Levan
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Sam Levan
Michael Jordan’s response when asked if a fear of failure motivated him:
“I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So you if you do the work, what are you fearing? You know what you’re capable of and what you’re not.”
“I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So you if you do the work, what are you fearing? You know what you’re capable of and what you’re not.”
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Frank Ocean on not drawing attention to yourself:
“Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.”
“Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.”
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The difference between greatness and mediocrity isn’t in the spectacular moments but rather in avoiding critical errors.
Warren Buffett’s first rule of investing? Never lose money. His second rule? Never forget rule one. This isn’t clever wordplay – it’s the mathematics of success. A 50% loss demands a 100% gain to break even. Or look at elite athle... See more
Warren Buffett’s first rule of investing? Never lose money. His second rule? Never forget rule one. This isn’t clever wordplay – it’s the mathematics of success. A 50% loss demands a 100% gain to break even. Or look at elite athle... See more
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Smart people are uniquely vulnerable to mistaking complexity for insight.
An executive writes a ten-page memo that could be one. An engineer builds an intricate system when a simple one would perform better at half the cost. The consultant mesmerizes clients with frameworks that conceal rather than reveal. We attach prestige to what mystifies us. Co... See more
An executive writes a ten-page memo that could be one. An engineer builds an intricate system when a simple one would perform better at half the cost. The consultant mesmerizes clients with frameworks that conceal rather than reveal. We attach prestige to what mystifies us. Co... See more
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determining the actual problem takes time, but it’s far quicker than solving the wrong one and starting over.
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This says something similar to the saying “A problem well stated is a problem half solved.”
This quote is attributed to Charles Kettering, an American inventor and engineer.
One of the most important feature of a PKM is the review of the notes inside.
Capturing and organizing are only useful if the PKM makes it easy to review and rework those notes.
See this quote.
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings--and Life (A Penguin Special from Por tfolio)
amazon.com
My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired
Benjamin Spall, Michael Xander
amazon.com
Personal operating system and Writing skills
In this book, the authors ask bunch of high-performing people what their morning look like. I like the format of doing interviews and the simplicity of the Q&A (versus doing a theoretical non-fiction book on morning routines).
Think about doing something like this for work.
What would be the question I would ask 50 people to answer?
writer Leo Rosten once argued was the purpose of life: “to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”6 The pathless path has helped me see that quitting my job was never about escaping work or living an easier life, it was about using the gifts I received from my parents to
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