Chag Sameach...Walk good. 28all. Eya. *WH*

The Warm-Up: 

“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” ~Charlie Parker

The Core: 

“Staying calm when things aren’t working in your favor is how you turn the tide.” ~Orange Book

“My father told me, ‘Her mindset will raise your children. Not her body and good looks. Choose wisely.’” ~thelionlaw

“All the traders I meet sit in front of 6-8 screens. From day 1 since I started trading, all I’ve ever used was an iPhone. Must be a guy thing.” ~Eunice D Wong

“Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.” ~Richard Mitchell, author of The Graves of Academe

“It’s almost always better to learn from peers who are 2 years ahead of you than mentors who are 20 years ahead of you. Life evolves and most insights get outdated.” ~James Clear

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Most successful people don’t want you to know so they downplay their success. A lot of unsuccessful people want you to think they’re successful, so they exaggerate. Reminds me of something my grandfather used to say, ‘all hat and no cattle.’” ~Shane Parrish

“It’s kind of fun to sit there and outthink people who are way smarter than you are because you’ve trained yourself to be more objective and more multidisciplinary. Furthermore, there is a lot of money in it, as I can testify from my own personal experience.” ~Charlie Munger

“Humans are wired for homeostasis. We resist change. Even when we want things to be different, we often don’t do anything to change. The known feels better than the unknown. So, we keep ourselves stuck. Freedom from this limited state of being is just one action away.” ~Thibaut

“Something I try to explain to my kids: How quickly you unlearn what you think you know often determines how far you go. A lot of adults think they know the answer so when the world tells them they’re wrong, they dismiss it. And that is the moment they stop getting better.” ~Shane Parrish

“At some point in your investment journey, a decent mentor will (more or less) tell you: ‘If you’re going to talk like a spreadsheet, just send me the spreadsheet.’ The point being don’t focus so much on the input-output, and think critically about how the inputs & outputs evolve.” ~Mike P. (@nongaap)

“Learn as much as possible before your meeting. Although you will be highlighting a gap, you still want to be able to engage your backer with the right questions and discussion. This takes preparation. In fact, I’ve learned it takes more preparation to create a discussion than to create a presentation.” ~Suneel Gupta, Backable

“One of the most important lessons I’ve had to learn as a founder is that most people aren’t going to like my idea, and that’s okay, because what I really need are a few people to love it. Just as an artist needs only a few galleries to feature her, a lawyer needs only a couple of partners to advocate for his promotion, and a screenwriter needs only one studio to say yes.” ~Suneel Gupta, Backable

“I was never on the path to get into Cambridge / I mean, I was good at doin’ math, but I’m better with language / Borderline dangerous, approach with caution / I plan to buy your most personal belongings when they up for auction / Man, truth be told, I think about it often / The petty king, the overseer of many things / I wish that I was playin’ in a sport where we were getting’ rings / I wouldn’t have space on either hand for anything.” ~Drake, Omerta

Last Set: 

“Remember, decisions that affect your career often happen when you’re not in the room. That’s why when we pitch, we’re not looking for just a backer, we’re looking for an advocate—someone who can invest in our ideas with equal enthusiasm.” ~Suneel Gupta, Backable

Food for Thought: 

“Life, business, success…it’s just like a nightclub. There are always three ways in. There’s the First Door: the main entrance, where the line curves around the block; where 99 percent of people wait around, hoping to get in. There’s the Second Door: the VIP entrance, where the billionaires, celebrities, and the people born into it slip through. But what no one tells you is that there is always, always…the Third Door. It’s the entrance where you have to jump out of line, run down the alley, bang on the door a hundred times, crack open the window, sneak through the kitchen—there’s always a way. Whether it’s how Bill Gates sold his first piece of software or how Steven Spielberg became the youngest studio director in Hollywood history, they all took…the Third Door.” ~Alex Banayan, The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers