THE FIRST-MOVE ILLUSION
Moving first feels powerful. Sometimes it is. Sometimes you are simply volunteering information.
The first person to make an offer reveals a number.
The first negotiator to state a preference reveals what matters to them.
A mistake that cost me 5 years: Thinking preparation was progress. Reading every book. Taking every course. Planning every detail. Meanwhile, someone dumber than me started badly and figured it out. Preparation feels productive but it's often just fear dressed up as strategy. You learn to swim by getting in
the water, not by studying water.
Someone is always responsible for failure, but the person truly at fault is not always disposable. This is why the fall man was invented. He who is unuseful will be allocated the blame for the mistakes of he who is.
Steve Jobs understood one thing better than anyone else
Intrinsic motivation is an innate skill that cannot be taught. You either have it or you don’t
Highly underrated quote from Jobs himself
The negative voices never disappear completely.
Defeat them today, and they’ll return tomorrow.
This is why discipline is not an achievement.
It is a daily act of conquest.
Marcus Aurelius was right when he said the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Think trash and your life becomes trash. Think like a king and watch what happens.
“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
— James N. Mattis
"I have led a toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on - and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone."
The more interactive, the better. So, generally, watching/listening is beaten by reading, which is beaten by discussing, which is beaten by doing, which is beaten by teaching.