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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
― Scott Adams

“The danger of expecting nothing is that, in the end, it might be all we'll get.”
― Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

“What matters most is not what these obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Failure really can be an asset if what you’re trying to do is improve, learn, or do something new.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“If circumstances change, your decisions can change. Decisions are temporary.”
― Jason Fried, Rework

“Working without a plan may seem scary. But blindly following a plan that has no relationship with reality is even scarier.”
― Jason Fried, Rework

“People have come to the erroneous conclusion that if they’re not willing to start something separate, world-changing, and risky, they have no business starting anything. Somehow, we’ve fooled ourselves into believing that the project has to have a name, a building, and a stock ticker symbol to matter.”
― Seth Godin, Poke the Box

“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

“only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

“What would you do if you weren't afraid?”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?

“If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business—you have a job. And it’s the worst job in the world because you’re working for a lunatic!”
― Michael E. Gerber, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

“The task of a craftsman, they conclude, “is not to generate meaning, but rather to cultivate in himself the skill of discerning the meanings that are already there.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“If you service low-impact activities, therefore, you're taking away time you could be spending on higher-impact activities. It's a zero-sum game.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World