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Soon come. Walk good. 28all. Eya. *PN, TH, KO, DM* The Warm-Up: “The work of reading: 1) Read a book while highlighting heavily. 2) Distill highlights into core insights, written in your own words. 3) Put into a searchable format. 4) Review regularly.” ~Shane Parrish The Core: “Escape competition through authenticity.” ~Naval Ravikant “I would argue that passion is more important than brain power.” ~Charlie Munger “If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.” ~Regina Brett “When access to all information is common, attention to important information is rare.” ~James Clear “Don’t feel offended because no one cares about you, just become a more valuable person.” ~Orange Book “The right relationships (friends, co-workers, spouse) 10x your impact. The wrong ones, cut it in half.” ~Shane Parrish “You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the people if you don’t serve the people.” ~Cornel West “You are not your job title. You are not your current unhelpful thoughts. You are not the bad mood or your girlfriend or boyfriend. But you are what you do next.” ~Thibaut “When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.” ~Warren Buffet “At the end of the day, if you’re complacent with the status quo, you’re complicit in the racism that the status quo hides…” ~Kenneth Frazier, Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co, in a July interview with Harvard Business School professor Tsedal Neeley “At an earlier level, it’s what they say: Rich kids get taught, poor kids get tested. At this level, colleges and universities require hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars to sustain. And where will it come from? On high. From big business and government. Now I have nothing against philanthropy. I just don’t confuse charity with justice.” ~Cornel West “The mark of a wild heart is living out the paradox of love in our lives. It’s the ability to be tough and tender, excited and scared, brave and afraid -- all in the same moment. It’s showing up in our vulnerability and our courage, being both fierce and kind.” ~Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone “But permanent skills compound over time, which gives them quiet importance. When several previous generations have worked on a skill that’s directly relevant to you, you have a deep well of relevant examples to study. And when you can spend a lifetime perfecting one skill whose importance never wanes, the payoffs can be ridiculous. Anything that compounds over decades usually is.” ~Morgan Housel, Expiring vs. Permanent Skills Last Set: “Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. Don’t allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It’s there for your convenience, not the callers. Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river. Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don’t major in minor things. Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. Don’t spread yourself too thin. Learn to say no politely and quickly. Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Don’t waste time grieving over past mistakes. Learn from them and move on. Every person needs to have their moment in the sun, when they raise their arms in victory, knowing that on this day, at his hour, they were at their very best. Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, ‘Gee, if I’d only spent more time at the office’. Give people a second chance, but not a third. Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health and love. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. Leave everything a little better than you found it. Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation. Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life and death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems. Never cut what can be untied. Never overestimate your power to change others. Never underestimate your power to change yourself. Remember that overnight success usually takes about fifteen years. Remember that winners do what losers don’t want to do. Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out. Spend less time worrying who’s right, more time deciding what’s right. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. The importance of winning is not what we get from it, but what we become because of it. When facing a difficult task, act as though it’s impossible to fail.” ~Jackson Brown Jr.
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