You're going to be dead forever and you weren't born for a long time. And so in this little window that all of us have, why not try to fight for enjoyment?
Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.
Ben Affleck says you have to abandon everyone around you in order to achieve greatness
"when you see Michael Jordan like what does it mean to be great? and how's like touch everybody? and change everybody"
"to truly be great at something you have to almost abandon everything...I've seen that in various ways like in that kind of just personal study. I haven't seen anybody who I think like qualifies for that who who didn't also seem to be really suffering"
"I find that really fascinating like people who are great at something and the mystery of like what is that like? and what is that do to your life? and how did you get that way?"
KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES:
Get better every single day
Prove them wrong
Work on your weaknesses
Execute what you practiced
Learn from greatness
Learn from wins and losses
Practice mindfulness
Be ambitious
Believe in your team and yourself
Learn storytelling
Stop being retarded, start Retardmaxing
Being retarded means you’re ruminating and overthinking your decision
Retardmaxing means you’re making decisions based on your gut instinct — zero rumination, zero regrets
Stop being retarded, start #Retardmaxing
In a world full of boys chasing women, drugs, and sex. Be the man who is busy fixing his finances, body, mind, and a strong relationship with God. Trust me, You'll go far in life.
There will only be two types of business owners in the next 5 years:
1) The tech-enabled operator: uses AI to scale with fewer people and lower costs than ever.
2) The premium artisan: goes all in on human touch and commands higher prices because of it.
Everyone sitting in the middle dies.