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June 22 - July 7, 2024
“If you spend your time chasing butterflies, they'll fly away. But if you spend time making a beautiful garden, the butterflies will come. Don't chase, attract.”
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb
Don’t take advice from someone you wouldn’t wish to change places with.
“A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.” — Unknown
In fact, by thinking differently and doing things differently from everyone else, you will get different results. If you do what everybody else is doing, you will only get the same results.
We live in a society where instant gratification has become the norm. Everyone wants everything and they want it now! While that may be okay in some respects, the reality is that striving to achieve anything of value takes time and effort.
Easy Choices = Hard Life Hard Choices = Easy Life
“People do not decide their futures; they decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures.” ― F. M. Alexander
Another useful lesson in life is not to chase after everything. Instead, work on making yourself better so that you attract whatever it is you seek. By focusing on yourself, everything will fall into place.
Remember that a life of greatness is harder than a life of mediocrity. It’s not easy, but the path will be worth it.
“You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” — John C. Maxwell
“All of humanity's problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone” — Blaise Pascal
You see, you have no control over what results you will get in life. You can only control your actions and the work you do.
am an old man and have known many troubles, most of which never happened.” — Mark Twain
"I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines." — Charlie Munger
That’s how things are done. Don’t just read, do tests to figure out whether it works or not and then apply it in your own life.
“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” — Benjamin E. Mays
You can’t achieve anything in your life if you don’t have a sense of urgency. You need to be patient with results and impatient with action. Anything you need to do should be done as fast as possible.
As Benjamin Franklin said: "Beware of little expenses - a small leak will sink a great ship.”
As Muhammad Ali said, “I hated every minute of training but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”
One day, just like this book, your life will end. Do the things you want to do now. Travel to the places you want to. Read the books you want to. Surround yourself with the people you want to. Time is running out. Start living.
