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81 " My maxim comes from Samuel Beckett, a personal hero of mine: ‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better. "
― Timothy Ferriss , The 4-Hour Workweek
82 " Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas. —PAULA POUNDSTONE "
83 " Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion. It "
84 " The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. —THICH NHAT HANH "
85 " Options - the ability to choose - is real power. This book is all about how to see and create those options with the least effort and cost. It just so happens, paradoxically, that you can make more money - a lot more money - by doing half of what you are doing now. "
86 " One of the most universal causes of self-doubt and depression: trying to impress people you don't like. Stressing to impress is fine, but do it for the right people - those you want to emulate. "
87 " Don’t confuse the complex with the difficult. Most situations are simple—many are just emotionally difficult to act upon. "
88 " you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. "
89 " Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it. —MALCOLM X, Malcolm X Speaks "
90 " Problems, as a rule, solve themselves or disappear if you remove yourself as an information bottleneck and empower others. "
91 " What gets measured gets managed. —PETER DRUCKER, management theorist, author "
92 " Most information is time-consuming, negative, irrelevant to your goals, and outside of your influence. "
93 " The first is the result of a decision to act—to do something. This type of mistake is made with incomplete information, as it’s impossible to have all the facts beforehand. This is to be encouraged. Fortune favors the bold. The second is the result of a decision of sloth—to not do something—wherein we refuse to change a bad situation out of fear despite having all the facts. This is how learning experiences become terminal punishments, bad relationships become bad marriages, and poor job choices become lifelong prison sentences. "
94 " Too much, too many, and too often of what you want becomes what you don’t want. "
95 " there has never been a better time for testing the uncommon. "
96 " Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike. —OSCAR WILDE "
97 " People say that what we are seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think this is what we’re really seeking. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive. —JOSEPH CAMPBELL, The Power of Myth "
98 " Look creatively at your resume, work experience, physical habits, and hobbies and compile a list of all the groups, past and present, that you can associate yourself with. "
99 " What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As "
100 " Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. "