If it doesn't take a lot of time, effort, patience and perseverance, it's probably not worth it and it's going to end up costing you a lot more time, energy and resources to fix it...
The easier it was...
The harder you had to fight to get it, the harder you'll fight to keep it. Just like the easier it was to get it, the easier it'll be to lose it again...
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You and your stuff...
Doing the work is difficult. But getting people to find out about you and your work is even more difficult. So before you're putting your stuff out there, think about how people are going to find out about you and your stuff...
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Someone else will...
If you don't say it, someone else will. If you don't do it, someone else will. If you don't create it, someone else will. Try to keep that in mind...
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Will always lose...
Put your stuff out there. Because ideas that don't spread will always lose...
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That's what matters...
Don't focus on acquiring information. Focus on figuring out what to do with all that information and how you can use it to turn nothing into something. That's what matters...
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Creating the opposite
The more you're trying to create safety, stability and predictability in your life, the more you're going to end up exposing yourself to the exact opposite...
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Bad decisions
One of the most important skills to learn is how to make good decisions. And the way you learn how to make good decisions is by having made many bad decisions...
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You don't need to know it all...
Focus on the things you're already able to do. And not on the things you're not able to do...
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The stuff you've finished...
At the end of the day, it's not about the ideas you had. Or the stuff you've started. It's all about the stuff you've finished...
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How much or how little...
It's not about how much or how little you have: You can do a lot with a little. And you can do little with a lot. In the end, it's all about figuring out how to best leverage the stuff you already have. No matter how much or how little that is...
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Where you are right now...
In the end, it's all about how many times you can manage to get back up again. And not so much about where you are right now...
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The harder it all gets...
The harder the stuff you do, the easier it all gets. And the easier the stuff you do, the harder it all gets...
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The small stuff...
You can wait your whole life for that one big hit. Which will probably never come. And if it comes, you're probably going to miss it. Because you don't really know what to do or how to hit it. So you'd better get used to hitting all that small stuff, so you're ready when that big thing hits...
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More time...
When things aren't going so well, we often believe that we'll have more time for the really important stuff once things start getting better. And once things do indeed start getting better, we realize that we don't really have time for the really important stuff either, because we're too busy making sure that things keep going so well...
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That's why...
The problem with change is that things usually get a lot worse (and stay like that) for quite some time before they'll start to get better. That's why it's so pretty damn hard..
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Doing everything
By trying to do everything, see everything and experience everything, we usually end up really doing, really seeing and really experiencing nothing...
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The hardest to convince
It's hard to convince people who've already made up their minds. What we tend to forget is that we ourselves are way too often the hardest to convince of them all...
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Seeds, water and sunlight
Every seed needs water and sunlight. Water and sunlight is the problem and the solution. If a plant doesn't have enough water and sunlight, it dies. If it has enough water and sunlight, it grows into a beautiful flower. Most of the things in life are like that. They can either kill you or help you to grow into a beautiful flower...
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Barely any competition at all
To succeed at the hard stuff is just as difficult as it is to succeed at the easy stuff. Because the easy stuff has plenty of competition. While the hard stuff barely has any competition at all...
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We're living in a world that's constantly trying to make things easier for us. Starting a business. Meeting new people. New relationships. New friendships. New jobs. New everything... And while all of this stuff gets easier, there's one thing that gets harder and harder: Commitment. A vicious circle that's amplified by the exact same people trying to make things easier for us...
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Once again
Everything you've done, seen, learned and achieved so far, will ultimately hold you back from doing, seeing, learning and achieving things you could never even have dreamed of. Unless, you're willing to risk it all, once again...
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That one person...
If you find that one person, then that one person is enough. For that job. That project. Or that relationship. But if you don't find that one person, then even an unlimited amount of people won't be enough. So just keep looking...
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Worth it...
There have never been more tools, platforms, books and content that help us to get our ideas out there. The one thing that's still scarce, probably the most important thing, is the ability to come up with ideas worth creating. Worth sharing. And worth spreading..
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More often than not...
Writing a book won't make you successful. It just so happens that a lot of successful people also write books. Just like investing in stocks won't make you successful. It just so happens that a lot of successful people also invest in stocks. And that's one of the trickiest things to understand: More often than not, correlation doesn't equal causation...
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Why building momentum is so difficult
The secret sauce is to create more (or give more) value than you take. That's why it's so difficult to start building momentum when you're just getting started. Because you need to take value to get you (and to keep you) going, while at the same time you can't really create that much value for others, yet..
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A lot of luck
Your goals and what you'll end up achieving almost exclusively depend on what you're willing to give up to get it. And of course, a lot of luck...
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Bigger problems...
The bad news: problems will never go away. The good news: the more problems you've dealt with, the bigger the problems you'll be able to solve. And the bigger the problems you're able to solve, the bigger your impact is going to be. So you better get used to it...
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Until we don't...
"I had too much time. I lost sight of it and ended up not doing it. And now it's too late."
Unfortunately, most of the really important stuff in life is like that.
We have too much time.
Until we don't...
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Paying attention
Don't just show up when you have to show up. And instead, start showing up way before you have to show up. So you have enough time to build up trust, an audience and enough credibility so that people are going to pay attention when you need them to...
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Your way...
Don't ask for the way too often. Otherwise, you'll end up on someone else's path and ultimately lose your own path...
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The bad stuff...
The stuff that's going well is always hiding the stuff that isn't. But once the good stuff disappears, then all the bad stuff becomes visible. It's always been there. It just wasn't visible. Keep that in mind...
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Changing it
The earlier you understand that the only way to really change the game is to know the game and its rules (inside out), the higher your chances of ever being able to change that game...
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What about you?
These days it's not so much anymore about "Can I do this?" but about "Will I have the courage to do this? The patience? And the perseverance?" Will you..?
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Quality and quantity
Quantity leads to quality. Doing something over and over again leads to quality. Deliberate practice leads to quality. A very straightforward concept. A concept that we tend to forget, the older we get...
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But balls...
Most of the important skills in life can be learned for free: Marketing, sales, public speaking, writing, leadership, empathy, etc. None of these skills require money. But balls...
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We sometimes tend to forget that...
The problem with other people is that they are other people. With different experiences. Expectations. Backgrounds. Goals. Thoughts. Hopes. And dreams. We sometimes tend to forget that...
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Exceptional results...
If you do stuff that anybody else could have done, you'll get the same results that everybody else gets. If you want (or expect) better results, you gotta do stuff that the majority of the people would never do. If you want (or expect) exceptional results, you gotta do exceptional stuff. Try to keep that in mind...
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The hours you've put in
As an entrepreneur, you're not getting paid for the hours you put in. You're getting paid for how big of a problem you're solving, in a way that people understand it, care for it and end up buying it. If they don't, you'll get paid exactly nothing for the hours you've put in. And that's a big difference...
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Don't treat life like politics.
You don't have to appeal to the majority of the people. Just a few people are enough. Because you can now reach those few people on a global scale. Which will turn them into a lot of people...
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What is it?
It has the power to turn you into the person you always wanted to be.
But it also has the power to turn you into the person you never wanted to be.
It has the power to either make you or break you.
And when you think it made you, what it often really did, was to break you...
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Generating ideas...
You don't start once you have ideas. You just start and you'll automatically generate ideas. Because then you have no other choice...
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This never works...
High expectations with a lack of patience never work. Try to keep that in mind...
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Pushing harder
Most of the time it's not about pushing harder. It's about figuring out where to push and how to push to get the best leverage...
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Nothing to lose
"This is what I'd do if I had nothing to lose."
The good news: You've got nothing to lose.
Because sooner or later you're going to lose everything anyway...
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Believing in yourself...
If you do too many things you don't really believe in, you'll sooner or later also stop believing in yourself...
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But you're never going to get it...
You don't need more time. More data. More experience. Or more money. What you're really saying is that you need a guarantee that it's going to work out. Unfortunately, you're never going to get it. So you might as well start today...
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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."