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It’s time to stop making excuses about why you can’t do the things you want to do. Instead, start asking yourself questions about how you can do the things you want to do. It will force your mind to find a way. There is never a perfect time. The best time is always now.
“Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today. The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
“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.”
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
“You are the average of the five persons you spend the most time with.”
Don’t take advice from someone you wouldn’t wish to change places with.
“If they don’t have what you want, don’t listen to what they
The Diderot Effect can relate to accumulating bad habits in a similar way to accumulating material possessions. Just as obtaining a new possession can lead to a spiral of consumption, acquiring a new bad habit can lead to a spiral of negative behavior.
“A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” —
You are the sum of everything you’ve done for the past few years.
“All of humanity's problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
Worrying can only be destroyed by one thing, and that is through action.
If you have high expectations of yourself in any given area, you’re more likely to perform better. This is known as the Pygmalion Effect.
Pareto Principle.
"Beware of little expenses - a small leak will sink a great ship.”
The two-day rule is simple: do not miss anything for two days straight. You can miss something for one day if you have to but never for two days.
“I hated every minute of training but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”
