Everybody is doing what's realistic. That's why it's often easier to achieve what's unrealistic...
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February 2021
Impatience kills
It kills dreams.
Talent.
Ambition.
Confidence.
Hope.
And happiness.
Don't let it...
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Building a car...
To be able to successfully build a car, you have to know every single part by heart, know and understand how they work and what they're good for. The same applies to starting and/or successfully running a company. Changing the rules. Yourself. And ultimately the entire world...
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None of them...
When all we've got is just one chance, we'll try everything we can to take it. On the other hand, when we've got too many chances, we'll often end up really taking none of them...
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Helping people
If you want to help people improve their lives, you first gotta figure out how to improve your own life. And then teach it to them...
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How you do it
What you do and why you do it, matters is lot more than how to do it. After all, how to do it can easily be taught. While the others can't...
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Everybody is afraid.
So you've gotta go to/do the things that pretty much nobody would ever dare to do. That's where the biggest opportunities with the smallest competition can be found...
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Smart moves
What looks like a smart move, action, idea, business, etc. from the outside, is very often just the result of many years of pretty dumb attempts that didn't work out. Until finally, one day, one of those dumb things worked out...
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For good...
The really important things, the things we absolutely have to do, will never be comfortable. That's why we tend to ignore them. Until we forget about them for good...
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Doing the impossible
Every single day someone is getting up in the morning to do exactly what you set out to do. To do the exact same stuff you decided not to do, because you thought it was impossible to pull off. Every single day someone is doing the (seemingly) impossible...
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Social media
Social media won't fix your problems. It'll only create new problems (on top of emphasizing the already existing ones)...
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Believe...
You don't need a bigger network.
Or more skills.
Or more experience.
Or more talent.
Or more confidence.
All you really need is to believe in the things you already have,,,
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Before it's too late
The best time to start marketing your product (or service) is before you build it. Before you even know what that product is going to be. Because that will leave you enough time to build up trust, a reputation, a network and a community. All of which you'd need, to be able to succeed...
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It's probably your fault
If people aren't reading, watching, listening, commenting, liking, sharing, subscribing or buying your stuff, it's probably not their fault. It's probably yours...
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Your call...
If you do what everybody else is doing, then you make it very easy to just ignore you.
And if you do what nobody else is doing, then you make it a lot easier to start noticing you.
Your call...
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What you've said
It doesn't really matter what you say. What matters is what people hear. Which is rarely what you've really said...
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Good advice
There's good advice and then there's real advice. Good advice is usually somehow close to what you'd want to hear. And then there's real advice. The kind of advice you'd probably not really want to hear. Which is usually the only kind of advice you'd have to hear...
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Where the magic happens
Don't work to avoid criticism. Work to get it. Because the real magic happens on the edges. And not in the middle...
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As simple (and dangerous) as that...
You'll always find the time to do the things you absolutely have to do.
So if you want to do more and get more stuff done, you just have to increase the number of things you absolutely have to do.
As simple (and dangerous) as that...
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And feel those things...
The good news: You'll always remember the things you did. The things you've experienced. And the things you've felt. The bad news: You can't just read about those things, watch those things or listen to those things. You'd have to really do those things. Experience those things. And feel those things...
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Course correction
Every decision is better than no decision at all. Even if it turns out to have been a bad decision. Because once you've started moving and building momentum, it's a lot easier to just course-correct than it is to build that momentum totally from scratch...
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Good & bad ideas
There's no correlation between how good (you think) your idea is and how likely it is that you're going to succeed. Just like there's no correlation between how bad (you think) your idea is and how likely it is that you're going to fail...
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Turn them into a success
The only way to protect your ideas is to put them out there and turn them into a success...
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Don't fence yourself in
It feels safe to play inside the fence. No one can get it. No one can harm you. And everything feels safe. Until you completely forget about the outside world. And limit yourself to your own little fence world. With different rules. Different rhythms and different ways of doing things...
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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."