10 Timeless Lessons from Elon Musk:
1. If you do something like read a lot of books and talk to a lot of people, you can learn almost anything.
2. Criticize the action, not the person. We all make mistakes.
3. It's OK to be wrong. Just don't be confident and wrong.
4. When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.
5. Don’t aspire to glory; aspire to work.
6. Failure is irrelevant unless it is catastrophic.
7. Never ask your troops to do something you're not willing to do.
8. The measure of success in my life is: “How many useful things can I get done?”
9. Physics is law. Everything else is a recommendation. I've met many people who can break the laws of man, but I have never met anyone who could break the laws of physics.
10. When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
The Romans fed citizens free grain to stop them revolting
Medieval peasants were forbidden from hunting. Meat was for the ruling class.
Spartan warriors ate meat. Their slaves ate barley.
Shaolin warriors eat meat, and the non warriors are vegetarian
you get what's happening today right?
Ryan Holiday on procrastination:
“To procrastinate is to be entitled. It is arrogant. It assumes there will be a later. It assumes you'll have the discipline to get to it later (despite not having the discipline now).”
A house in walking distance from your friends
Home gym
Home massage room
Home coworking space (invite friends every week)
Big TV for movie night with friends
BBQ
Sauna
Pool
Jacuzzi
Reverse osmosis water system
Organic grass fed steak
Organic local farm vegetables and fruit
Europeans saying the US air conditioning our stadiums contributes to climate change…
Thank you for your sacrifice. 🫡
(You are irrelevant, it’s all China)
Novak Djokovic just said being bored is the most creative state a child can be in.
His son is 10 and his daughter is 7.
He says when his son told him he was bored after a morning of ping pong, kayaking, and soccer, he sat him down for a conversation most parents avoid.
"It's okay to be bored sometimes. When you're bored, it doesn't mean that you have to instantly take a book or a screen. You need to also learn how to be with your thoughts."
Djokovic says boredom is when creativity finally shows up, and it's also when everything you have been suppressing through your phone comes to the surface.
Most parents are protecting their kids from the only state that grows them.
— Novak Djokavic (@DjokerNole) on Jay Shetty's (@jayshetty) podcast
“People underestimate how long it takes to win big.
You struggle for 10 years. Eventually, in one day, you achieve more than you did your entire life.
Be patiently aggressive.”
— Patrick Bet-David