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The Courage To Be Disliked…28all. Eya. *JG* The Warm-Up: “Never admire quietly. Tell the people you love that you love them. Tell them often.” ~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Core: “Don’t take it personal. Take note and take care of it.” ~Pharrell “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” ~Harry S. Truman “Power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words.” ~Robert Greene “A lot of mistakes come from copying people playing a different game than you.” ~Shane Parrish “Playing safe with your life is actually one of the most common causes of anxiety.” ~Orange Book “ ‘I noticed how your people didn’t support you, so I sent you strangers.’ -God” ~@educatedhustler “The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.” ~Charlie Munger “Patience and aggressive opportunism is what you need. It’s an odd combination, but it’s what works best.” ~Charlie Munger “At a stage in my life where consistency is more important than intensity. I’d rather know your energy is true even at its lowest.” ~Billy Chapata “Frank Sinatra: 1,200 songs, 209 hits (17%). Babe Ruth: 8,399 attempts, 714 homeruns (8.5%). Pablo Picasso: 150k pieces, 1,170 hits (.7%)…90% of their output is NOT popular…keep going.” ~Matt Gottesman “It is another day filled with challenges. But we are STRONG people. We know how to fight. We fight in various ways that even the opponent doesn’t have a clue. We fight 1) on our knees 2) in silence 3) in observation 4) with fist (last resort).” ~Dawn Haynes “What LeBron has done is wildly impressive. New age Black nepotism. Got Redick hired, his son drafted, his team behind him went on an all-out media blitz to make sure all the networks covered his son like a legitimate prospect. Absolutely diabolical work. I love it.” ~Joe Holder “The only time you know what you’re doing in business is when you’ve done it before. So if you’re growing, get used to the feeling of being inept, having no idea what you’re doing, and looking like an idiot when you make obvious avoidable mistakes. It’s just part of figuring it out.” ~Alex Hormozi “You’re not in trouble, no one’s mad at you. You did your best. You’re only human. You have a good heart. You care for others. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Marvel at your life: at the suffering that wisened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud.” ~@TheOracleReadsU “What problem have you solved, ever, that was worth solving where you knew all the given information in advance? No problem worth solving is like that. In the real world, you have a surplus of information and you have to filter it, or you don’t have sufficient information and you have to go find some.” ~Dan Meyer, Math class needs a makeover (James Clear, 3-2-1) Last Set: “Some people are meant to win. Life will delay them. Life will confuse them. But they simply never stop. Eventually, the right opportunity collides with their experience. Then, when they do succeed, it’s like it happened overnight. But there were many dark nights. And deep down…despite all the stress, pain, and insecurity, they knew. They always knew. They were inevitable.” ~@zachpogrob Food For Thought: “But I can’t ignore what we’ve just discussed for the last few hours. If the company is doing a drift towards mediocrity, and I hold leadership, and the board responsible for that. My letter was not accusatory. My letter was not predatory. My letter was steeped in counsel and advice based on 40+ years of experience in building this company…That’s the advice and counsel I’m giving you. If you want to take the advice, it’s up to you. If you don’t, you’re responsible for the outcome. I have no operational role. I’m not on the board. I’m watching from afar and rooting and cheering for Starbucks. I wrote the letter in hope that it would be a catalyst for a positive interpretation…The one thing is we’re not a beverage company serving coffee. We are a coffee company serving people. We need to be much more coffee-forward. And we cannot continue to allow the mobile app to be a runaway train that is going to consistently dilute the integrity of the experience of Starbucks. We’re not in the transaction business. We have to execute transactions, but that has to go through the lens of being an experience business, an experience place. People are longing for human connection. Even if they’re on a mobile app, let’s provide it. But I also recognize this is a complex time. It’s difficult. But that’s your job.” ~Acquired, Starbucks (with Howard Schultz), Season 14, Episode 5
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