“Your road to success as an investor is less likely to hinge on whatever hot stock your friend thinks you should buy ASAP — and depends more on how smart a portfolio you put together today, as well as how you gradually tweak or rebalance it over time.”
“You may tell yourself that you don’t care about the statistics, but tech companies know that when you are forced to see them, it is impossible not to care.”
“Ask ‘What if…’ as often as possible. Ask it of yourself, your collaborators, customers, and audience. Use it to shape what you create, how you create it, and how you present it.”
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“You can plan a pretty picnic, but you can’t predict the weather.” — Andre 3000
We all crave attention for our work.
When a blogger references our creation, the media features our product, or an influencer spreads our hashtag, it can feel like the traction we need to get the things we want.
But not all publicity is good publicity — some of it’s meaningless.
“If you want to experience deep fulfillment in your work, you need to make time to practice your gifts and talents. The best way to do this is by reinvesting your free time.”
“Tell me the problem, not the solution.”
“Among people, a great majority don’t feel comfortable at all with the unknown — that is anything foreign that threatens their protected daily mould — so for the sake of their security, they construct chosen patterns to justify.”
“I’m supposed to pigeonhole it. Put it in a box, position it, tell you exactly what it’s going to be and tie a bow around it. But I can’t do that for you.”
“Routine is about function: the stuff we need to, or have to, get out of the way. Rituals, on the other hand, are informed by intent.”