“When people look at your profile, they decide whether you’re worth connecting with in several seconds. These are the questions that go through their head when making this decision: Do they look like a domain expert? Do they look like a leader? Can they help me?”
“Everyone who ever did anything had to start. Most people don’t begin with a grand vision. They start with an idea and an action. Through the process of doing they build something greater.”
“Luck can’t be controlled, but it can be nurtured.”
“People who risked $150 of their own money to win a $650 bonus prize were dramatically more likely to quit smoking than those who used traditional smoking cessation methods. Surprisingly, this group also beat out those who were offered an $800 reward with no deposit for staying smoke-free.”
“You can learn a lot about the future by better understanding the past. By understanding the things that haven’t changed or will never change. By recognizing behaviors, attitudes or ideas that withstand the test of time.”
“A decade ago, we shifted our attention at work every three minutes. Now we do it every 45 seconds and we do it all day long. The average person checks email 74 times a day and switches tasks on their computer 566 times a day.”
“The basic craft of drawing is about two things: you learn to control your hand and to see.”
“Luck is a dividend of sweat.” — Ray Kroc
I have a friend who’s a comedian and he asked me for advice about how best to use Twitter.
Here’s the email I sent him…
“How is it possible for you to be so easily tricked by something so simple as a story? It all comes down to one core thing: emotional investment. The more emotionally invested you are in anything in your life, the less critical and the less objectively observant you become.”