The purpose of a hammer is to hit stuff.
Whether the hammer was good or bad is based on whether it was used to build or destroy.
To find the purpose of anything, look at what changed as a result of its existence.
To find your purpose, look at what changed because of you.
This really helped me the first time I heard it.
Champions interpret anxiety as excitement.
“I’m nervous” vs “I’m hyped”
A tiny tweak on how you perceive your own reality can absolutely change whether you thrive or dive under pressure.
How you frame it is how you feel it.
You can tickle the belly of the universe to roll over and give you what you want if you only learn one thing: to never settle until you get what you want. Every ounce of it. And nothing less.
The world rewards the psychopaths who never settle, never give in, and never give up.
A path to living a life with no regrets.
Start with your eulogy and work backwards.
500 words shows you how most things matter little, and how the little things matter the most.
The output of trying hard will always be discounted by people who don’t know what it’s like to try so hard. But you can’t expect the majority of people to understand because most people have never really tried hard to accomplish anything in their lives.
How to gain anyones respect in two sentences:
Here’s what I’m gonna do.
Then, actually doing it.
Bonus: Tell them when you’ll get it done by.
Super bonus: Give them proof you finished before due date without being asked.
People fail because they want:
…a dream girl without going on 100 bad dates
…a dream customer without a 100 bad leads.
…a dream body without 100 hard workouts.
If necessity is the mother of invention, repetition is the father of results.