Dimitri

Keep the goal. Change your mind about how to reach it.

When the day is over I now try to sit and tell myself that the game is over. I don’t need to play the game any more. The jig is up. Any bullshit that I’ve been carrying around today is time to go. The more I tell myself this, the more I will continue to drop the game during the day.

There are different types of hard work: 1. Outthinking (a better strategy, a shortcut) 2. Pure Effort (working longer, intensity) 3. Opportunistic (positioning yourself to take advantage of change) 4. Consistency (doing average things for longer) 5. Focus (saying no to distractions) Each of these requires a different type of hard work

To raise grateful kids, be grateful for your kids.

– Janice Kaplan (The Gratitude Diaries)

What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.

Asking for help is a superpower anyone can have but only some people use. It is brave to ask for help. Asking for help is the first step toward finding a mentor. Mentors can help us change our lives if we let them." — Alexi Pappas

Knowing virtues is like having a map; adopting them is actually taking the journey."

The difference between average results and exceptional if often found in what you don't do. Everyone can say yes to great opportunities but only a focused person will say no to average ones. You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.”