“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.”
— George Carlin
I’m a very chilled person but i’m strict when it comes to my principles. I can’t tell you what to do, but i can tell you what you are not going to do with me.
When Kobe Bryant said his insane level of confidence came from knowing he’d done all he could to prepare, it taught me that anytime I’m nervous it means I didn’t prepare enough.
If winning was guaranteed &certain, you'd go 10x harder at it.
Paradoxically, if you went 10x harder, the win would almost be a guarantee, on a long enough time horizon, for any goal.
It's easy to mentally recognize this, but it ideally should be felt in the body as a fact.
Discipline is paramount.
Don't tolerate indiscipline.
Don't accommodate people who lack discipline. They will drag your life into a pit.
If someone lacks discipline, he is also disrespectful, not just to himself, but to you.
Daniela Amodei, cofounder of Anthropic on why curiosity beats specialization:
“The ability to be curious, to learn across a lot of disciplines and to have a strong foundation of wanting to have impact, regardless of the area that you're working in, I think that is an underrated quality.”
No entiendo cómo puede ser. Vi a Michael Jackson morir, a Maradona morir, a Pelé morir, a la reina Isabel morir; vi pasar a tres papas. Sobreviví a una pandemia, vi el comienzo de internet. Vi el CD cambiar a Spotify, vi cambiar el DVD a Netflix, vi pasar del teléfono fijo a un iPhone. Y estoy viendo el surgimiento de la IA. Y solo tengo 30 años.
This sentence by Van Gogh hits hard:
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”
Africa’s ruling class isn’t a fully independent bourgeoisie, they’re intermediaries.
They manage extraction on behalf of foreign capital in exchange for personal accumulation
I’m convinced discipline is just the highest form of self-respect. It’s choosing what you want most over what you want now. It’s keeping your word. It’s an act of service to your future self.
Marcus Aurelius was right when he said the crowd will forget you no matter what you do. So the only real question is whether you spent your years chasing their approval or actually living for yourself.