Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.
If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are.
You’re never as bad as they say you are, but you’re never as good as they say you are either.
Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you’re moving.
The goal is to find your inefficiencies in order to eliminate them and to find your strengths so you can multiply them.
Babe Ruth struck out all the time, but he’s not remembered for that. He’s remembered for what worked.
Time is wasted because there is so much time available.
Never automate something that can be eliminated, and never delegate something that can be automated or streamlined. Otherwise, you waste someone else’s time instead of your own, which now wastes your hard-earned cash.
Don’t confuse the complex with the difficult. Most situations are simple—many are just emotionally difficult to act upon.
It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
Look for flexible principles so that you can then have a toolkit that’s adaptable.
“Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.
