Put yourself in situations where you have too much at stake to waste time or resources - if you cannot afford to lose, you won’t.
Place yourself on “death ground,” where your back is against the wall and you have to fight like hell to get out alive.
L'Église n'existe pas pour elle-même, mais pour conduire chaque personne à la rencontre avec le Seigneur; il ne suffit donc pas de se demander si une activité est bien organisée, suivie, dure depuis de nombreuses années; il faut se demander si elle conduit réellement au Christ, si elle fait rencontrer l'Évangile avec la vie concrète des personnes.
Today, as Warren steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, I am thinking about his lasting impact. Warren believed in Apple before anyone else, and we will never forget it. Thank you Warren and congratulations to Howard, who will be a wonderful chairman.
Measuring your progress against others is a sure fire path to constant disappointment. Measure your progress against where you started, where you’ve been, where you were yesterday. It’s far more rewarding and informative to evaluate yourself against yourself.