The difference between someone who's able to sell something for hundreds or maybe even thousands of dollars while others are struggling to sell the exact same thing for just a few bucks, boils down to one simple thing: Trust. And nothing else...
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November 2021
Until it works out
You don't have to be smart. You just have to be willing to do a lot of (seemingly) stupid things that are probably not going to work out, until one of them does actually work out...
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Making it out alive...
The best stories are rarely the ones where everything goes right. It's usually the ones where everything goes wrong but you still manage to somehow make it out alive...
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About you
The things you didn’t do but could have, say a lot more about you than the things you did do...
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A tank full of sharks...
The first step about learning how to swim is to realize that you’re probably going to be swimming in a tank full of sharks. The second step is about learning how to swim before you jump into that tank full of sharks. And the third step is about asking yourself whether you really want to be swimming in a tank full of sharks...
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On the hook
Most people don't want you to succeed. And they don't want you to change. Or to break free. Because if you did, that means that they could, too. And that puts them on the hook...
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It truly is...
We want more quality for less money. More money for less work. More opportunities for less risk. More equality for less sacrifice. More freedom for less responsibility. And more safety with less regulation. It truly is an interesting time to be alive...
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No one else
You might not have a choice today. Or tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow. Or next week. Or next month. Or next year. Maybe never. The only way you'll ever have a choice is when you put in the work. When you create opportunities and choices for yourself (and the people around you). Because no one else will do it for you...
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Things that matter
Doing things that really matter is optional. Which is why we rarely end up doing them...
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Timing the market...
It's impossible to time the market. You'll always either be too early or too late. So the only thing you can really do is to either stick around longer than everybody else, or work harder than everybody else....
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Less doubts
More often than not, too much time kills great work, great ideas and genius people.
On the other hand, not enough time very often gives birth to great work, great ideas and genius people...
The more time you have, the more doubts you'll have.
And the less time you have, the less doubts you'll have...
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The good news...
The rich aren't getting richer. Just like the poor aren't getting poorer. It's the consumers that are getting poorer. And the producers that are getting richer. The good news: Today, anybody can be a producer...
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Unlimited scale
You can either get paid for the hours you put in or for how big the problem is that you're going to solve. One is a lot harder than the other. But has basically unlimited scale. While the other has very limited scale. Keep that in mind...
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More clueless than before
Not that long ago, most of us didn't have access to the tools that would have allowed us to do most of the things. Today, most of us have access to pretty much everything. But access to pretty much everything doesn't automatically help you to figure out what to do. As a matter of fact, in most of the cases it does the exact opposite and leaves you even more clueless than before...
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Convince yourself first...
The hardest person to convince is yourself. If you can't convince yourself, then you'll always be struggling to convince anybody else...
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From here to there
What got you "here" won't get you "there". Simply because to get "there", you'd have to be willing to risk almost all of your "here". And that's what makes this whole thing so difficult...
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New and difficult...
Everything you've never done before feels risky. And difficult. And complicated. But that doesn't mean that it's true. It just means that you've never done those things before. And that's a whole different story...
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One day...
5 minutes a day is all you need. 5 minutes a day to build a habit. The habit of investing 5 minutes a day. Sure, 5 minutes won't lead to mastery. But they're the first step. The first step to building a habit. A habit that might one day turn into something much bigger...
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Too little butter...
Chasing two rabbits at the same time never works. In the end we'll always be left with no rabbits and plenty of bread with too little butter spread way too thin...
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The ego...
The ego wants to make everything a lot more complicated than it really is. And a lot more sophisticated. So that it can get celebrated. But it won’t. Because complicated rarely wins. Ego is the enemy. And simplicity is the key...
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Then you know what to do...
If you're in doubt about whether or not you should be doing something, then just ask yourself two simple questions:
“What will I gain from this?” and “What am I willing to give up for this?”
If your answer to both of these questions is "everything", then you know what to do...
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Some other place...
You can be among the best at what you do, but if you keep waiting for others to tell you what to do, you're probably going to end up somewhere you never really wanted to be...
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In the rain...
Sometimes, you just have to accept the fact that you have to keep running in the rain for a while...
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It'll always be us...
More for less. That's what we all want. But someone's always going to have to pay the price. And in the short term it'll never be us. But in the long term it'll always be us...
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Trapped...
It’s rarely the things you enjoy doing and are pretty good at, that will ultimately make you or break you. In the end it’s the things that you hate doing and suck at that will. Because if you can’t find a way to manage and/or master those things, then those things will ultimately keep you trapped in mediocrity...
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As simple as that...
If you're really passionate about the stuff you do, then people will automatically become passionate about the stuff you do. On the other hand, if you're not really passionate about the stuff you do, well then most people won't really care about the stuff you do...
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Easier said...
The more time you spend consuming stuff, the less time you'd be able to spend on producing stuff. Keep that in mind…
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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."