Felipe Burneo

We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to create impressions that won't last, on people we don't care about - Tim Jackson

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[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

My honest advice to someone who wants to make a lot of money.

3 things nobody told you:

1. The only way to make a lot of money is to create a lot of value.

No one hands out money. No one is going to pay you just because they like you or think you're cool. That's not the way the world works.

Money earned is a direct byproduct of value created. Create value, receive value. If money is the goal, value has to be the focus.

This isn't just some vague idea: The only way to get rich is to create an enormous amount of value for others, and capture a small portion of that along the way.

It's not talking about the thing, it's not brainstorming about the thing, it's not asking about the thing, it's not thinking about the thing. The only way to create value is by doing the thing.

And if you don't know where to start, look around you. Customers, colleagues, bosses, shareholders, employees. Every single one of them has a problem. What problems can you solve for the people around you? Figure them out, solve them, scale that solution.

That's how you make money.

2. You have to demonstrate excellence in everything you do.

Your income scales proportional to the amount of excellence that you're able to demonstrate.

Strategic incompetence is a lie. You don't get to pick and choose when to show up, because the world will ignore your best and judge you for your worst. Everything matters. Every single thing.

Top performers show up with energy and enthusiasm for the little things just as much as they do for the big things.

If you're in the top-10% of performers, there's no ceiling for what you can do. But the self-awareness to identify where you currently stack up, and adapt to the honest feedback on it, is very rare.

If you're in the top-10%, you know it. If you're not, figure out why and fix it.

3. You don't need passion, you need energy.

I still have no idea what it means to follow your passion.

You don't have to be passionate about your professional pursuits, you just need to find energy in them. You just need to feel a pull towards them. You just need to feel that spark of curiosity in them.

Passion is usually a byproduct of energy.

When you have energy for something, you'll give it your deep attention to learn more. You’ll ask the right questions. You’ll figure it out. You’ll win.

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And remember: Nobody is coming to save you. It’s just you. There’s a power in that.

Go do the thing.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to read this...

Black Coffee Theory

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[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize intelligence is overrated. Intelligent people are more likely to overthink, overplan, and overanalyze. They hide behind motion that doesn't create progress. They fear the judgment of others if they're proven wrong.

The truth is that intelligence is abundant. Courage is not. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t.

I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Permission isn't granted. It's taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things.

Courage beats intelligence.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

The difference between a winner and a loser.

[Fortune MMXM @FortuneMMXM]

It took me 23years to realize this

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

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[David Senra @davidsenra]

"Capitalism created the possibility of the win win win. It used to be a zero sum game where somebody won, somebody else lost.

The biggest mistake people make, intellectuals in particular, they still think we're in a zero sum world. They're obsessed with some billionaires because Bernie Sanders thinks that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk somehow stole the money from the people.

They don't understand that it's this prosperity machine that's creating more, not just for those billionaires, but for everything that they're touching. They're creating value for their customers, they're creating value for their employees. Their suppliers are flourishing, their investors are seeing their capital go up. It can be reinvested and compound.

All philanthropy ultimately comes from business. That's where the profits are.

Where does all the taxes come from? It ultimately comes from business as well.

This is the engine that's lifting humanity out. The entrepreneurs are the drivers of that engine. Somebody like Elon Musk, he gets a very, very, very tiny sliver of the value that he creates for the whole world."

—@iamjohnmackey

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

4 brutally honest reminders from Seneca:

1. Most suffering is self-inflicted
2. Stop putting things off
3. Stop acting like you’re going to live forever
4. Seek out challenges

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

3 Stoic Truths That The Sooner You Realize, The Easier Your Life Will:

1. You can’t control everything. Only focus on what you can control.
2. It’s not about you, so stop taking things personally.
3. Know that you know nothing.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

If you’re feeling stuck, read this…

I call it the Clarity Curve:

When you’re stuck, you’re waiting for clarity. You make that clarity a precursor to action.

But in reality, the relationship is the inverse:

Action creates clarity.

In the beginning, the Clarity Curve is painfully flat. You take action and feel like nothing is happening. No insights, no breakthroughs, no direction. It’s frustrating and disorienting. This is the point where most people quit. They assume the lack of immediate clarity means they’re on the wrong path.

But the truth is that the flat part is the cost of entry. It’s necessary.

If you keep going—moving, experimenting, exploring, trying, failing, and adjusting—something shifts. Gradually, then suddenly. A tipping point. A moment where the curve bends upward and clarity grows exponentially.

You start to see what matters. You recognize what doesn’t. It’s an a-ha moment of clarity built upon days, weeks, months, or even years of stumbling through the fog.

So, the advice is simple:

Just start moving.

Take a job, even if it may not be the job. Start a business, even if it may not be the business. Date a person, even if they may not be the person. Make a move, even if it may not be the perfect move.

No one has it all figured out. No one knows exactly what they’re doing. Everyone is stumbling along. Some people are just willing to stumble enough to find their way into something special.

The people you admire are just the ones who had the courage to start. They didn’t overthink it. They didn’t wait for permission. They didn’t sit around hoping for a perfect plan. They just kept showing up.

The clarity you seek is found in the action you avoid.

I’ll conclude with my favorite quote of all time:

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” - Rumi

Start walking. The way will appear.

[Paul E. Palacios @PaulEPalacios]

En Australia anualmente le llega a cada contribuyente un reporte del destino de tus impuestos. Un ejercicio similar debería hacerse en Ecuador para que nos duela la ineficiencia del gasto público, y el contribuyente sepa que lo que se llevan los sindicatos públicos con esos sueldos de escándalo, nos cuestan a cada contribuyente.

[Naval @naval]

The basis for friendship, relationship, partnership - isn’t proximity or time spent together - it’s values.

[♥︎DEBORAH KAHAN♥︎ @DEBORAHKAHAN1]

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