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How can I save you time? Walk good. 28all. Eya. *DP, LS* The Warm-Up: “It’s morning. You wake up around people you love. You put in a few hours of deep work. You exercise a bit, read a bit, write a bit. One step further towards your goals. You remain mindful throughout the day. You appreciate what you have. Congrats. You are successful.” ~Orange Book The Core: “If you’re not seeking approval, they have no power.” ~Shane Parrish “The people you most want to impress can read your intentions.” ~Naval Ravikant “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~Shakespeare “Weakness can be coached to average, but strength can be leveraged to the moon.” ~Laurence Endersen, What Owen Didn’t Know (ty Brain Food No. 398) “When I am on the floor, I don’t have any friends, I am not trying to be friendly, I’m trying to bust somebody’s ass.” ~Russell Westbrook on his competitiveness “Student vs. Apprentice: ‘Memorize this and we’ll give you a certificate that confirms you memorized it—by the way, you owe us $200,000.’ vs. ‘Choose a skill, practice relentlessly, and we’ll pay you more as you get better.’” ~Jack Butcher “People don’t have short attention spans: They finish 3-hour Joe Rogan episodes. They binge 14-hour shows. They have short *consideration spans: * they must be hooked quickly. Point: Don’t fear making great, in-depth content. But, ensure you’re first minute is incredible.” ~Julian Shapiro “ ‘Why would I invest in my 10th-best idea? 20th? 30th?’ The NFL draft answer: In his year, Russell Wilson was the 75th-best idea…Patrick Mahomes was the 10th…Lamar Jackson was the 32nd…Aaron Rodgers was the 24th…And Tom Brady was the 199th best idea.” ~Anand Chokkavelu “People would have to learn how to overcome their limitations and develop their capacity to love not because they expected love in return but simply because their partners deserved to be loved. The unconscious mind accepts only unconditional gifts. It is not interested in ‘deals.’” ~Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt, Getting the Love You Want “When I work with entrepreneurs today, this is the main thing that I try to convey. Embrace your weirdness, your background, your instinct. If the keys are not in there, they do not exist. I can relate to what they’re going through, but I cannot tell them what to do. I can only help them find it in themselves. And sometimes they can find peace where I could not.” ~Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things “One city manager I talked to put it to me this way. He said, ‘Trust is the coin of the realm. If you have it, you get things done. If you don’t, you get nothing done.’ We see that in companies. We see that all over the place. Technology can help you polish the budget, engage with your citizens, open up, operate.” ~Zac Bookman, OpenGov CEO, on Founder’s Field Guide w/Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Episode 10, Dec 3rd, 2020. “That’s the message I hope to pass on to the next generation: You don’t have to apologize for being who you are and making the choices you make. You deserve the chance to shape the life you want and to celebrate and enjoy the life you’ve created. Your destiny is yours, and if you move toward it without shame, you can keep every ounce of your self-respect while attaining what you desire.” ~Shellye Archambeau, Unapologetically Ambitious “I wish I knew earlier that my company was still my responsibility. No one was going to fix my problems. [Venture investors] were investing, because they believe in me and they believe in my potential, but it was up to me to still take that potential energy and turn it into kinetic energy. It wasn’t a handout. It wasn’t like you’re going to get these people to come into your office and help you solve problems day in, day out.” ~Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present, The Knowledge Project w/ Shane Parrish. Ep. #98 “Those who condemn the successful man or woman for their apparent good fortune or dishonesty are unaware of the price often paid for success. They cannot see the massive disappointments, the shattered hopes, or the broken dreams. They do not understand the risks incurred in both raising and investing capital for an idea yet unproven. They do not see the legal involvements, the tax burdens, the challenges of labor, or the restraining governmental regulations, nor do they appreciate the family dissent that seems to automatically accompany the pursuit of success.” ~Jim Rohn, The Seasons of Life Last Set: “Most people think that they need more stimulation to get smarter (including books). They don’t realize that they actually need to step back with quiet, unstimulated time alone. A mind squeezed with information cannot connect the dots.” ~Orange Book Food for Thought: “What we have failed to fully grasp is that our gadgets, our things, our creations, can get faster, more complex, and more affordable over time without that having even the slightest impact on the quality of our humanity. Faster internet speed does not mean we are quicker to be kind. Clearer, larger television screens do not help us understand the depths of our problems any better. While the inevitable forward march of technology is on one path, humanity is marching to the beat of an altogether different drummer.” ~Shaun King, Make Change Call to Action: DP sent me a text yesterday with the Shakespeare quote above. He then followed up with this message: “Always thinking about your mission, that’s what the MML means to me. Self-reflection. Self-affirmation. Self-awareness. Self-improvement.” Yeah, what he said…But as we get closer to the end of 2020, if you are an active reader of the MML or even if this is your first time reading, what are some of your favorite quotes? I love when Spotify does this with my music, but curious if we can find a way to spread some intellectual love here. I’m going to curate your answers—I’ll use that as the end of year MML. Have a great week.
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