If you believe that the pie can't get any bigger, it won't get any bigger. As simple as that...
What are you waiting for?
"I'm waiting until I have more experience."
"Until I know more people and have a bigger network."
"Until I have a really good idea."
"Until the time feels right."
And you?
What are you waiting for?
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Mechanics
Knowing and really understanding how you can get your ideas to spread might be even more important than the ideas themselves. Because once you've figured out the mechanics of how to get an idea to spread, you can essentially repeat it over and over again...
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Winners
Ideas that spread win. So stop hiding and protecting yours. And start putting them out there...
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The years don't matter...
It doesn't really matter how many years of experience you have. After all, most people only have the experience of a few years repeated over and over again...
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Life
If you're playing the wrong game it doesn't really matter how well you play it or how successful you are. It's still the wrong game...
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It won't work
If people tell you that you're full of sh*t, stop listening. They'll tell you that it won't work. That this is not the way things are done around here. And on and on and on. But what people often forget is that today's sh*t helps tomorrow's flowers to flourish and prosper...
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Yapp
Doing what you want isn't the hard part. The hard part is figuring out what you really want to be doing...
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Best time vs worst time
The best time to join any project is when nothing is working, yet. That's when you'll learn the most. And the worst time is when everything is already up and running. That's when you'll learn the least and mostly end up doing the stuff you're already good at...
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Scarcity vs. abundance
Once you stop competing with everybody else, you'll discover all the opportunities out there that most people can't see. Opportunities that are too hard to see when you're busy competing with everybody else...
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?!
You can't save it. You can't buy it. You can't get more of it. And once it's gone, you'll never be able to get it back again...
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Forget about it...
Forget about your past. Or else you're going to end up being late to your future...
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The one skill
Before learning any new skill, learn how to build a community and an audience of people who want to hear from you. Because that's the only thing that will ever get people to notice that you even exist. It's the one skill that will ultimately get you users, customers and clients. Without it, it doesn't really matter what other skills you have...
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So much more
You don't need a lot of money to make mistakes and to learn from them. Make as many mistakes as you possibly can and learn as much as you possibly can while you don't really have that much to lose and so much more to win... P.S. Nobody can avoid making mistakes. So better make them while they're still cheap...
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In theory
Finding a job is easy.
In theory.
Making friends when you get older is easy.
In theory.
Being happy is easy.
In theory.
Life is easy.
In theory.
But in reality, it's really fucking hard...
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You just don't know...
Every good idea sounds like a good idea, until the market decides that it isn't. Just like every bad idea sounds like a bad idea, until the market decides that it isn't...
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Solving problems...
Having more time might not necessarily help you solve your problems. You might just end up spending more time on solving your problems...
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Losing hope...
Once you had the guts to get started you'll quickly realize that getting started wasn't really the hard part. The really hard part is not giving up and not losing hope somewhere along the way...
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More and more information
Don't waste your time acquiring more and more information. And instead, start spending more time on figuring out how you can create something out of nothing using all that information. You already know enough. Now it's time to get going...
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Playing games
The longer you've played a game, the harder it gets to change to another game. So you might as well just start playing the game you really want to be playing right from the very start. Instead of thinking that one day you'll be so successful at that one game, that you can easily switch to the game you really want to be playing and still have enough time...
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The next thing
We live in a world of abundance.
Where everything is available all the time:
Information.
Advice.
Inspiration.
Motivation.
Opportunities.
Options.
Partners.
And on and on and on.
It never stops.
Which is exactly why we never start.
And never finish.
Because the next thing is already right around the corner...
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If you never start...
If you never start, you'll always fail.
You might not experience the pain of failure.
But at one point, you might experience the pain of regret...
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Not very long
"I won't be doing this for very long."
So why even do it at all..?
Why not do that other thing right away?
That thing you're thinking about doing once that other thing is over?
Why not do that?
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Think twice...
Someone's always going to have to pay the price. Fortunately, in the short run it'll never be us. Unfortunately, in the long run it'll always be us...
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The time is now
You won't have more time when things go according to plan. Because you've gotta make sure that things keep going according to plan. Just like you won't have more time when things aren't going according to plan. Because you've gotta make sure that things start going according to plan...
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Good and bad
The good thing about the safe thing: There won't be any surprises...
The bad thing about the safe thing: There won't be any surprises...
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A long period of time...
The things you consistently do over a long period of time when nobody is watching, are the exact same things that will get people to watch what you're doing...
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Waiting for signs...
Stop waiting for signs to get started. You'll never see them. And you'll just end up waiting your life away. Because we only see the things we want to see. Which are rarely the things we have to see...
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The only opportunities left...
Will be the ones that need more courage. More Creativity. More risk taking. More flexibility. More resilience. More openness. More willingness to learn. More personal touch. More empathy. And ultimately more you...
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In those books
You can spend your whole life trying to find typos. Or you can start living those stories and write those books...
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Something special
Some time in the past you did something special.
Something that put you on the map.
Something that not a lot of people can pull off.
Something that got you this gig.
This exposure.
This client.
This gal/guy.
This...
But sooner or later, that special thing isn't so special anymore.
So when was the last time you did something special?
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Nowhere else...
There's always something more interesting going on somewhere else.
But just because we're now easily able to go somewhere else, does it mean that we should constantly be going somewhere else.
Because by constantly going somewhere else will we ultimately end up nowhere else...
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Underrated
Once you stop trying to compete with everybody else, you'll start seeing all the other opportunities out there. Opportunities that everybody else is missing...
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Again and again...
Don't wait for perfect. That perfect idea. That perfect plan. That perfect opportunity. That perfect job. That perfect partner... Just get started. Get started learning. Get started making progres. And start where you are, with what you have...
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Learning by doing
Most people believe that all you need is a perfect set of cards to win the game. But that's usually not enough. You also gotta know how to play it. And the only way to learn how to play it, is to learn how to win that game even with a bad set of cards...
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So you already know how to play it...
Don't wait for that perfect set of cards to join the game. And instead just start playing. Figure out the rules. And see what everybody else is doing. So that once you get that perfect set of cards, you already know how to play it...
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You can't have both...
There are people with excuses and people with results. Big and small. But you can't have both. You can't have excuses and results all at the same time. That never works...
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Fast and slow
Being fast and patient all at the same time is almost impossible. But that's exactly what it's all about. Being fast when it comes to execution. And being patient when it comes to results...
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It can't be taught
How to do something can easily be taught. What to do and why to do it can't. It has to come from inside...
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Capable
It's not that we're not capable of change. It's that we usually don't really want to change our minds. And the things we believe in...
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Full of surprises
Doing things you're good at is easy. It's predictable. Manageable. And with no big surprises. That's why we love doing things we're already good at. And why we hate change. And are struggling with new stuff. Because change is hard. Unpredictable. Hard to manage. And full of surprises...
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Security...
The only thing that will ever lead to some kind of stability and security in life are skills. The ability to bounce back. And hardcore discipline...
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Breaking through
Today, it's not so much about how to do something. But why you do something. The how gets you started. But the why will decide about whether or not you'll be able to stick with it long enough to break through mediocrity...
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Nothing at all...
You're probably not going to be able to do everything you set out to do. But doing less than you set out to do is still a lot better than being mad at yourself and doing nothing at all. So keep at it...
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You'll never find it...
Don't focus on figuring out what's the best way. Because you'll never find it. Focus on getting started and building momentum instead...
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Feeling free
The problem about freedom is that the only way to get it is to take a lot of risk. And the only way to be able to take a lot of risk is when you are (or at least feel) some kind of freedom. So if you're not really free (or feel free), it'll be very hard to take any risks. Consequently, it'll be almost impossible to ever be free. Unless you consciously decide to break the pattern... P.S. We're all free, if we decide to be...
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When it feels normal
The best time to start something (or join something) is when it feels kinda strange. Kinda unusual. And kinda unnatural. And the worst time is when it feels kinda normal. Kinda natural. And like the best thing to do...
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- "97% of the people out there won't care about what you do. Act accordingly."
- "Money is not for buying things. Things don’t make us happy. Money is for buying ourselves some freedom to do the things that make us happy."
- "Being unrealistic is the most realistic thing you could do."
- "You just need one person who cares about what you do. And that person is you. And no one else. It all starts with you."
- "We always think we have enough time. Until we realize there's no more time left."
- "The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to create your own curve."
- "Be the dealer. Don't be the junkie. The dealer always wins. And the junkie always dies."
- "The only person you should try to please is your 80 year old self."
- "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you keep your eyes closed.."
- "Most advice doesn’t work. Because most advice comes from people who’ve never even done the things they're taking about. And that's dangerous."
- "Being able to build something out of nothing is the most important skill. For what? For everything!"
- "Why are people who write about millionaire habits not millionaires?"
- "No one will magically find out about you."
- "The things you don't want to do are usually the things you should be doing. They're almost always the things that will get you where you want to be."
- "Don't let other people's reality be your reality.."
- "Today it's easier to get started than ever before. That's why most people give up so easily. Because it was so easy to begin with."
- "When you hate your job you'll never be able to do more than just mediocre work."
- "Don't listen too all the life advice out there. It's all B.S. Just like this right here."
- "No one starts as an expert. We all start from the bottom. And have to work our way to the top."
- "The only thing that will ever lead to quality is quantity. To do it over and over again. That’s the only way."
- "Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- "New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
- "Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
- "Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
- "How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
- "Focusing on results won't get you results. Focusing on the actions that produce results will get you results."
- "It's easy to forget all the things you have when all you do is to focus on the things you don't have."
- "Perfection will only hold you back"
- "Never listen to anyone who has never done what you're doing or want to do. Ignore your parents, your friends and pretty much everybody else."
- "Trading time for money is not freedom. It’s a prison. The only way you’ll ever be able to make more money is to trade more of your time."
- "The only way to beat the system is to know the system. Inside out."
- "It's not what you do on your good days that will make you. It's almost always what you do on your bad days that will either make you or break you."