A good rule of thumb is to double down everywhere in your life. If your goal is ten, ask the question: “How can I reach 20?” Set a goal so far above what you want that you’ll be building a plan that practically guarantees your original goal. -The One Thing, p.93 Continue reading How to make sure you achieve what you plan:
-Naval Ravikant, in this tweet Continue reading The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.
You’re always most excited on Day 1. In the example of Alex Hormozi, his gym customers are excited prior to their first workout. Because after the first workout, they realize that shit, this is gonna be work. I think this is especially true when the results depend on the customer. For example a dog training program. People are excited before starting but then they realize that it will take a lot of time and effort. -Alex Hormozi on My First Million, Ep. 271 at 36mins Continue reading Sell someone when they are the most excited
this is a copy of Val Katayev post Pay your kids interest instead. I’ll share the system I used to engrain the power of compounding and business acumen into my kids. Here’s how it works and the results: At around the age of 2 or 3, I explained to each of my kids the concept of saving money. However, saving is not the main goal. Making sure money works for you while you sleep is the most important component. I showed them that they can let others use their money. In return they get paid for borrowing it. To make … Continue reading Forget giving kids an allowance.
Working toward your goals, you will get people upset. You might sincerely care about how someone is doing, but you won’t pick up the phone and call them to find out. You don’t have time for chit-chat or lunch or anything that distracts you from your single-minded focus. You won’t be good at nurturing relationships, but remember: You’d rather have someone’s respect than their friendship. 4h28mins, Relentless, Tim S. Grover Continue reading You’d rather have someone’s respect than someone’s friendship
Confucius had a great saying: “Every man has two lives. And the second starts when he realizes he has just one.” Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 1h57mins Continue reading Every man has two lives. And the second starts when he realizes he has just one
That’s how you know you actually want to learn it and you don’t want to learn it just to sound smart or to look like the smartest in the room. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 2h03mins Continue reading Would you still be interested in learning this if you couldn’t tell anyone?
There are gaps in thinking where you make leaps. Because youère kind to yourself. But you don’t know you’re making those. But when you’re forced to write it down, or to articulate it, or talk to somebody, you have to complete those gaps and make it a logical chain. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 1h32mins Continue reading Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.
Ask “What’s an ideal friday night for you?” “Take me through the ideal sunday morning” Shaan Puri, MFM Mini, A guide to asking better questions, 3min Continue reading Instead of “what do you like?”
That results in “Fine”or “Good”, it’s a dead end question. Try to go for something specifc that will go beyond the trap of fine or good. The words don’t matter, but here are some examples: “You got a little pep in your step today, what did you have for breakfast?” “You look happy, what were you doing right before this?” Shaan Puri, MFM Mini, A guide to asking better questions, 1min Continue reading Instead of asking “How is it going”, “How’s your day”…
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