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You already know that when your energy is right you perform better at everything you do, including school, work, sports, and even your personal life. Energy is good. Passion is bullshit.
Good ideas have no value because the world already has too many of them. The market rewards execution, not ideas.
Most successful people give more than they personally consume, in the form of taxes, charity work, job creation, and so on.
Humans are so emotionally and societally connected with one another that often the best thing we can do for ourselves is to help others.
You can control your attitude by manipulating your thoughts, your body, and your environment.
Your attitude affects everything you do in your quest for success and happiness.
Success isn’t magic; it’s generally the product of picking a good system and following it until luck finds you.
Another huge advantage of learning as much as you can in different fields is that the more concepts you understand, the easier it is to learn new ones.
If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise.
Positivity is far more than a mental preference. It changes your brain, literally, and it changes the people around you. It’s the nearest thing we have to magic.
If you believe people use reason for the important decisions in life, you will go through life feeling confused and frustrated that others seem to have bad reasoning skills. The reality is that reason is just one of the drivers of our decisions, and often the smallest one.
If your view of the world is that people use reason for their important decisions, you are setting yourself up for a life of frustration and confusion. You’ll find yourself continually debating people and never winning except in your own mind. Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.
In today’s world we’re all designers, whether we like it or not.
The point of conversation is to make the other person feel good. If you do that one simple thing correctly, the other benefits come along with the deal.
Your story isn’t a story unless something unexpected or unusual happens. That’s the plot twist. If you don’t have a twist, it’s not a story.
Smile, ask questions, avoid complaining and sad topics, and have some entertaining stories ready to go. It’s all you need to be in the top 10 percent of all conversationalists.
The reality is that everyone is a basket case on the inside. Some people just hide it better.
No matter how smart you are, educated people will think you’re a moron if your grammar is lacking.
No matter your calling in life, you’ll spend a great deal of time trying to persuade people to do one thing or another.
Being a good persuader is like having a magic power.
A little bit of irrationality is a powerful thing.
Studies show a commanding voice is highly correlated with success.
Happiness has more to do with where you’re heading than where you are.
Pessimism is often a failure of imagination.
Optimists notice more opportunities, have more energy because of their imagined future successes, and take more risks. Optimists make themselves an easy target for luck to find them.
Get your health right first, acquire resources and new skills through hard work, and look for an opportunity that gives you a flexible schedule someday.
