becoming
“First, say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.” - Epictetus
thinking time
“I insist on a lot of time being spent thinking, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.” - Warren Buffet
rational thinking
“Emotions and intellect work inversely. When emotions go up, intellect goes down.” - Keith J. Cunningham
changing your mind
“Most people, when confronted with a choice of changing their thoughts or proving there is no need to change, get busy on the proof.” - John Maynard Keynes
life
“It is not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.” - Charlie Munger
creativity
“What I really loved, what I loved, is having painted. That was the high. Making something that would have never existed in the entirety of humanity had I not been there at that specific moment to make it.” - Kaveh Akbar (Martyr!)
future
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
negotiations
“You can learn almost everything you need—an a lot more than other people would like you to know—simply by watching and listening, keeping your eyes peeled and your ears open, and your mouth shut.” - Chris Voss
asks
“The person who asks the most times gets the most. The problem is, people don’t like being asked. So you have to give value consistently so you can earn the right to keep asking. Winners win because they take more shots on goal. But they only get those shots on goal because they know how to get into scoring position.” - Alex Hormozi
wealth
“There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with.” - Seneca
hedonic treadmill
“One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations.” - Yuval Noah Harari
intention and action
“The gap between your intentions and your actions is a decent forward-looking indicator of your future success, emotionally and financially.” - Scott Galloway
fears
“Irrational fears trump rational reasoning.” - Maria Konnikova
a-players
“…you must invest as much energy into hiring as you expect the team to invest in their jobs.” - Will Guidara
leadership
“It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices”. - Marcus Aurelius
service
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
pattern recognition
“Pattern recognition and association are crucial cognitive processes by which we understand and navigate the world. They allow us to predict what might happen next based on prior experiences.” - Daniel Kahneman
intuition
“Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion.” - Steve Jobs
virtue
“The virtue of a person is measured not by his outstanding efforts but by his everyday behavior.” - Blaise Pascal
business
“Most businesses that fail die of starvation, not murder.” - Allan Dib