Jonathan

“If you can choose joy over jealousy, happiness over hate, love over resentment, positivity over negativity, then you have the tools to make the best of any situation, even one that feels like failure.”
― Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

“Don't mention that you also happen to manage a six-figure portfolio to your "voluntary simplicity" friends and don't mention that you only have one bedroom to your investment friends unless you're prepared for the resulting discussion.”
― Jacob Lund Fisker, Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence

“If you find yourself expending tremendous energy on how you are seen, if you often feel your pride being wounded, if you find yourself reading an article or two on a subject and thinking you’re an expert, if you always try to prove you’re right and have difficulty admitting mistakes, if you have a hard time saying “I don’t know,” or if you’re frequently envious of others or feel as though you’re never given the recognition you deserve—be on guard! Your ego is in charge.”
― Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

“If all you see are average people, you will end up with average standards. But average standards aren’t going to get you where you want to go. Standards become habits, and habits become outcomes. Few people realize that exceptional outcomes are almost always achieved by people with higher-than-average standards.”
― Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results