Yaro Celis

I have curated the most important and deep parts of this book into the following quotes:- You don’t know yourself unless you have to make your own choices.- We don’t understand things when we have an edge. Only when we have the perspective of coming from behind.- If we win during bear markets you’ll be fine on bull markets.- Dispersion of outcomes... See more

The Winter war took place in Helsinki, Finland, when Soviet Union planes came roaring over the city on November 30, 1939. Soviets dropped more than 350 bombs during the raid. Innocent civilians died. Entire buildings were turned to dust. And it was just the beginning. Three hours before the air strike, more than 450,000 Soviet soldiers began... See more

If we stop and think about our life decisions, we can see that we are standing on a burning platform. And, we have more than one explosion - we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fueling a blazing fire around us.

In short, what would a brave person do? or even better, What would a confident person feel and do?

If you’re uncertain and unsure and you doubt that you can make it all work. That’s normal. It's normal to feel unsure when moved to a new country. It's ok to feel uncertain when starting a new business.

If you never draw a line in the sand and clarify what is really important to you, then you'll end up doing what's expected of you. When you don't have a clear purpose driving you forward, you default to doing what other people approve of. We're not sure what we really want, and so we do what we think other people want.