Genes can’t make you successful if you’re not doing the work. Yes, it’s possible that the ripped trainer at the gym has better genes, but if you haven’t put in the same reps, it’s impossible to say if you have been dealt a better or worse genetic hand. -Atomic Habits, p.227 Continue reading Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.
Like you’re planting seeds. Don’t go dig up that seed the next day and be like “Shit, this didn’t grow into a plant” Like no. Plant that seed. Water it. Enjoy it. Let’s look at this like a 10 years game. And the 4th Quarter is ten years from now. And the seed you’re planting, it’s shit, it’s shit, it’s shit and then suddenly it’s like “OMG, it worked”. Your learning does go up every year. like “oh man! Last year I was such a Dummy. I didn;t know shit about shit.” -Shaan Puri, MFM Shorts Continue reading Don’t look at the scoreboard until you’re 30
What’s the most intoxicating, desirable thing when you meet somebody? A sense of peace Someone who’s truly happy. They are truly happy at rest, when nothing is going on. You just want to be around that person and be like that person. Ex: Shaan’s trainer trained them for 7 hours in a row. He was exhausted after training everyone but even after that HUGE effort. He was packing his stuff and whistling with a big smile on his face. “It’s party time”, he said. You know how I am at the end of a work day? When I feel like … Continue reading To be a great leader, to have a magnetic field around you, do this:
You see, most animals live in an immediate-return environment. As an animal, most of your decisions have an immediate impact. You are always thinking about what to eat or where to sleep or how to avoid a predator. You are constantly focused on the present or very near future. Now switch back to your human self. In modern society, many of the choices you make today will not benefit you immediately. If you do a good job at work, you’ll get a paycheck in a few weeks. You live in what scientists call a delayed-return environment because you can work … Continue reading It seems unfair that your habit doesn’t deliver the results expected? Don’t worry, it’s just because your brain is lagging
In fact, the people who don’t have their habits handled are often the ones with the least amount of freedom. If you’re always being forced to make decisions about simple tasks – when should I work out, where do I go to write, when do I pay the bills – then you have less time for freedom. -Atomic Habits, p.46 Continue reading Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it.
-Shaan Puri’s trainer Continue reading Be a five star customer to have a five star experience
Providing there is enough money for basic essentials like food, clothing and shelter. What they care about is unconditional love. That is the only key, the only true priority, although they neither know it, nor say so, after five or six years old. -How to get rich, p.269 Continue reading It is my belief that children do not care if parents are rich or poor.
If you are young and reading this then I ask you to remember just this:you are richer than anyone older than you, and far richer than those who aremuch older. What you choose to do with the time that stretches out beforeyou is entirely a matter for you. But do not say you started the journey poor.If you are young, you are infinitely richer than I can ever be again. Money is never owned. It is only in your custody for a while. Time isalways running on, and the young have more of it in their pocket than therichest man … Continue reading Felix Dennis on the matter of getting rich
And everytime you play a game, you can win or lose, that’s how games work. -How to get rich, p.169 Continue reading Getting rich is just a game, remember that.
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