A young female boxer has just had everything she’s worked and trained for snatched away because you allowed a male to get in the ring with her. You’re a disgrace, your ‘safeguarding’ is a joke and #Paris24 will be forever tarnished by the brutal injustice done to Carini.
Every moment of our lives, whether we realize it or not, we’re answering these three questions – and if we’re not careful, they take control of us. ⚠️ 👁️🤔
“Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.” - Eckhart Tolle
My most important rule for life: Don’t complain about anything.
If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, complaining is just a waste of energy.
When you complain, you’re giving too much power to the thing.
Take back that power.
40 things Rockefeller wrote to his son:
1. I never thought I would lose.
2. I do not meet competition. I destroy competitors.
3. Our destiny is determined by our actions and not by our origins.
4. Visionary businessmen are always good at finding opportunities in every disaster. That is how I did it.
5. You cannot sharpen your razor on velvet.
6. Get rid of the habit of being distracted.
7. Look at those who fail and you will find that most people fail not because they make mistakes, but because they are not fully committed. The same goes for companies.
8. Retreat means surrender. Retreat will turn you into a slave. The war is inevitable. Let it come.
9. Match people by their enthusiasm.
10. Luck is the remnant of design.
11. Anything can happen in this world.
12. The important thing is that you firmly believe that you are your greatest capital.
13. Bring a steel like determination to all challenges.
14. Action solves everything.
15. When I was a poor boy I was confident that I would become the richest person in the world. Strong self confidence inspired me.
16. Everyone is a designer and architect of his own destiny.
17. We’d better push it.
18. Smart people make things happen.
19. If I say that I have the power of life and death over oil refiners that is not a lie. I can make them wealthy or I can make them worthless.
20. Do it now. Opportunity comes from opportunity.
21. I never believed that failure is the mother of success. I believe that faith is the father of success.
22. Victory is a habit.
23. The glory and success of the family cannot guarantee the future of children and grandchildren.
24. People of poor backgrounds will actively develop their abilities because they urgently need to rescue themselves.
25. No one in the world leads a smooth life.
26. People who climb up in any industry are fully committed to what they are doing. They sincerely love the work that they do.
27. If you sincerely love the work that you do you will naturally succeed.
28. Life is an opportunity at a time.
29. Too many people overestimate what they lack and underestimate what they have.
30. Believing that there will be great results is the driving force behind all great careers.
31. My nature never wears off. What I like is the feeling of victory.
32. Enthusiasm is a force multiplier to everything.
33. Faith in yourself is the force that drives you forward.
34. I think carefully prepared plans and actions are called luck. I never succumb to luck, I believe in cause and effect.
35. In the process of pursuing career success the most important step is to prevent yourself from making excuses.
36. The outcome of things is often proportional to our enthusiasm.
37. I told myself, I warned myself. You must hold on to this [his business] tightly. It can bring you to the realm of your dreams.
38. Of course I paid a high price, but what I won was freedom and a glorious future. I became my own master.
39. The person who can create value the most is the person who devotes himself completely to his favorite activities.
40. The people who can get ahead in the world are those who know how to find their ideal environment. If they cannot find it, they will create it themselves.
The new episode of Founders is about the 38 Letters Rockefeller wrote to his son. Available in your podcast app now!
"The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away." — David Viscott
The three stages of life: Discover, Develop, Gift.
A simple formula for a life well-lived.
- @SahilBloom
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back." - Abraham Lincoln
You don't need to take giant steps to make progress.
Even the longest journeys can be completed with tiny steps in the right direction.
Always forward, never back.
- @SahilBloom in The Curiosity Chronicle
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” - Victor Frankl
You can’t control your circumstances, but you can control how you react to them.
- @SahilBloom
"Simple mindset shifts:
- I'm not hurt, I'm healing.
- I'm not losing, I'm learning.
- I was not rejected, I was redirected.
Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder."
– @JamesClear