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“It seemed to me—articulated in words of today—that not only did she know how to put things well but she was developing a gift that I was already familiar with: more effectively than she had as a child, she took the facts and in a natural way charged them with tension; she intensified reality as she reduced it to words, she injected it with energy.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“In the poem, “A Gathered Distance,” Mark Tredinnick articulates this well. He writes: A garden is never Finished, and nor are you: Become, I think, a garden again, And never, like a garden, cease.”
― Kara Swisher, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

“Temperance is to me the most important virtue because it is the one most tested by modern culture. Capitalism is fueled by our lack of self-control, our obsession with status and consumption. And not just in the obvious sense of super-sized fries and luxury handbags. Western society encourages indulgence not only in spending but also in emotional outbursts, in victimizing, and victimhood. Temperance is the resistance—or at least the management—of all our indulgences.”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

“Anything or anybody who is living rent-free in your head is squatting. That energy and bandwidth could be better invested elsewhere”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

“Two thousand years ago, Seneca wrote: “Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach.”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

“plan your out ahead of time, so when the emotion of the moment takes over, you’ve got a signal you can count on. Knowing when to quit is essential. It’s an art. All successful people have quit. Some, often. Find people you trust who have the backbone and perspective to tell you if/when you should hang in there or fold your cards.”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

“Mike Bloomberg once said, “I have always had a policy: If it’s a friend and they get a promotion, I don’t bother to call them; I’ll see them sometime and make a joke about it. If they get fired, I want to go out to dinner with them that night. And I want to do it in a public place where everybody can see me. Because I remember when I got fired from Salomon Brothers—I can tell you every single person that called me. That meant something. When I was made a partner? I have no recollection of that whatsoever.” My friend Todd Benson puts it this way: “Show up when it matters, when it means something. Never miss a funeral. Attend every wedding.”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

“The twentieth-century American poet Delmore Schwartz wrote, “Time is the fire in which we burn.” Dark, but he had a point. Time consumes us, inexorably and inevitably. The past is a memory, immutable. The future, a dream. What you have control over, and the opportunity to be present in, is the now.”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security

“Roll with the punches. Bad things will happen; you’ll make mistakes. These are reasons to adjust your plans, not abandon them. Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems. FOCUS”
― Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security