If you're afraid of failure you're probably not giving it all you've got...
How many times?
It doesn't really matter where you are right now. What matters is how many times you can get back up again to reach your destination...
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Stories...
The best stories are rarely the ones where everything goes right. Keep that in mind...
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It's you...
The only thing that can ever destroy your dreams is you. Because you're the one who isn't working on them...
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Playing that game...
To be able to change the game, you've gotta know its rules inside out. And you've gotta understand how to really play that game...
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Beginner's mind...
Everything you're good at today is something you were not so good at in the past. Keep that in mind when starting something new...
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Only one is...
You can either try to be among the best, to be different or to be invisible. But only one of them is sustainable in the long run. Choose wisely...
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Don't be fooled...
Most of the things that look (or sound) easy have rarely been easy to pull off...
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The risks you didn't take...
In the end, it's the risks you didn't take and the things you didn't do that will frame your life...
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Taking advantage...
Make sure that change doesn't take advantage of you. And instead, make sure that you're using change to your advantage...
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The more...
The more you know, the more you've seen and the more you've experienced, the harder it gets to change your mind. Keep that in mind...
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It's optional...
Doing stuff that makes a difference is optional. That's why we rarely end up doing it...
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Faster than we'd like...
The good stuff rarely happens as fast as we'd like it to happen. And the bad stuff often happens much faster than we'd like it to happen. Keep that in mind...
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What you're actually doing...
Your excuses and fears are the explanation for the difference between what you're capable of doing and what you're actually doing...
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The whole point of it all?
You can read, listen to or watch as much motivational content online as you want. But if you never get going, then what's the whole point of it all?
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The best...
The right thing to do isn't always the best thing to do. But it's the right thing to do...
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That's what makes the difference..
Doing what you said you were going to do seems easy. But it's probably the hardest thing out there. And in the end, it's what makes the difference...
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Try something else...
It's never been harder to succeed than it is today. Because it's never been easier to just give up and try something else...
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Waiting for other people...
Being among the best at what you do is pretty much useless if you have to keep waiting for other people to tell you what to do...
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Right from the very start...
If your new thing has to be better than your old thing right from the very start, then there'll never be a new thing...
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Everybody can do it...
Whenever you think that everybody can do it, you're probably right. But only a few people will actually really do it. Keep that in mind...
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It probably won't help...
More time won't help. More data won't help. More advice won't help. More is rarely the answer. Taking action is...
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Waiting for creativity...
You can wait to create stuff until you feel creative. Or you just sit down and start creating stuff and over time you'll feel creative. Only one will work in the long run. Your choice...
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The harder the stuff you do...
The harder the stuff you do, the easier everything else will be...
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Out of nothing...
The least taught and most underrated skill: the ability to build something out of nothing...
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The things you want...
What you want doesn't really matter. What matters is what you're willing to sacrifice to get the things you want...
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Perfect cards...
You can't wait for perfect. You have to start playing. No matter how good or bad your cards are. Because only by playing will you learn the game, its rules, how to win and ultimately realize that you don't need a perfect set of cards to win...
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Keep failing
You'll keep failing until one day you'll succeed. As simple as that. Unfortunately, most people aren't patient enough and give up somewhere along the way...
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Truly understand...
The more stuff you know, the more stuff there is to worry about. But the more stuff you understand, the less stuff there is to worry about...
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Something to lose...
The more skin you have in the game, meaning the more you have to lose, the harder you'll work to make it work. And consequently, the greater your chances of success...
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Need to get started...
You probably don't need more ideas. Or more inspiration. Or more guidance. Or more time. You probably just need to get started...
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Someone else...
The job that someone else created for you will never compare to the job you created for yourself. Keep that in mind...
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Too many things...
When you do too many things that you don't really believe in, you'll eventually stop believing in yourself, too...
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Other options...
People tend to say that perseverance is the key. But what they're often missing is, that in many cases, perseverance is the result of a lack of other options...
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Just noise..
The only thing that really matters is the thing that pushes you to change things and to take action. Try to figure out what that is and do more of that. Everything else is just noise...
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It's never the right time...
When things are going well, you're busy making sure they continue to go well. And when things aren't going so well, you're busy improving things and making sure that things don't get worse...
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So difficult...
We're taught to know things. And not to understand things. That's what makes it so difficult...
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Looking for answers
Most people aren't looking for answers. And instead, they're looking for confirmation. Try to keep that in mind...
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The hard way...
Life lessons can't really be taught. Unfortunately, most of the really important stuff can only be learned the hard way...
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Convinced of it...
If you're not 100% convinced of it yourself, you'll never be able to convince anybody else...
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Yourself first...
Before you'll be able to convince anyone else, you've gotta convince yourself first...
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What everybody else is doing
The problem is that no one is going to tell you to do the stuff that only you can do. Because only you can figure out what that stuff even is. And if you don't figure it out, you'll end up where everybody else ends up, doing what everybody else is doing...
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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."