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May 2022
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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The best thing...
Too many things to do and too many choices will often lead to mediocrity. Because when we're overwhelmed by too many choices, we tend to go for the safe thing. And the safe thing is rarely the best thing...
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What?!
All of the stuff you've learned. Consumed. Read. Watched. Or listened to... What are you going to do with it?!
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Skills, confidence, money, time, contacts, etc...
"I don't have it to get started." That's right. You probably don't have it. Because the only way to get it is to get started...
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Boring stories
The best stories are rarely the ones where everything goes right. Those stories are usually pretty boring. Because they're just confirming stuff you've already known before. The best stories are usually the ones where everything goes wrong. Where you learn a lot. About yourself. The way you think. The way the world works. And the people around you...
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Most people skip that step...
Before you're able to focus on one thing and one thing only, you should try to figure out what that one thing really is. By doing as many different things as you possibly can. Most people skip that step...
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Really hard stuff...
Really hard stuff and new stuff will always work. Simply because most people don't want to be doing the really hard stuff or the new stuff...
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Most of our time...
The hardest, most difficult and most exhausting work, is the work you don't really want to be doing. Unfortunately, we spend most of our lives doing this kind of work...
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On being stuck...
You're probably not stuck. You're probably just afraid of making tough decisions...
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Never again...
The hard part isn't coming up with ideas. The hard part is to turn those ideas into reality. Once you know (and/or learned) how to do that, you'll never struggle with finding opportunities ever again...
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We've sold them...
More often than not, we (unknowingly) sell our future opportunities for safety, stability and predictability...
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The wrong game
As long as you're playing the wrong game, it doesn't really matter whether you're winning or losing. It doesn't even really matter whether you're playing or not. Try to keep that in mind...
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Changing the game...
The only way to change the game, let alone even play the game, is to really understand and know the game and its rules. Inside out. You just can't skip that step. No matter what...
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Never done before...
Anything you've never done before feels risky, difficult, or impossible. But it's good to remember, that most of the things that are now easy have once felt risky, difficult, or even impossible...
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Until we forget it...
The really important stuff is always uncomfortable. And annoying. And exhausting. That's why we ignore it. Until we forget it...
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Mediocre work...
When you do things you don't really want to be doing, you'll mostly be able to do just mediocre work. Try to 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."