Your mood doesn't matter
Do you know that feeling when you have one of those days where you just seem to be in a weird groove and nothing goes your way?
Choosing your priorities
There is a million things you could work on every day. How do you choose your priorities? How do you determine what is the right thing to make progress on?
Your reputation is your most valuable asset
Your reputation is the most valuable asset in your “portfolio”. And your reputation is also the proxy for your future earnings.
The Issue With "Keeping Your Options Open"
Options provide a certain feeling of freedom and peace of mind. When you got options, all the steps you take don't seem as risky. But as I have come to see over the past couple of years or so, there is more nuance to optionality.
Effort is not optional
Putting in the effort means that we need to try a lot. And trying looks ugly. Trying is not glorious. There is years of wanting and hoping and working when reward is uncertain.
Getting Started Changes Everything
Most of your plans are right out the window the second you are taking your plans into the real world. Whenever you are stuck searching for the optimal plan, remember: Getting started changes everything.
What can you eliminate from your life?
There is way more time and effort wasted on doing things that don't matter than on doing the things that matter inefficiently.
The Voice Inside Your Head
Do you know that voice in the back of your head that constantly replays conversations you had and what you could have said differently? The voice that reminds you of all the dreams you haven’t realized yet?
Consistency is the Gatekeeper
The art of patience and consistency really is about learning to stop obsessing over the end results. All we can ever do in the present moment is giving it our best.
The Tensions Between Old and New
Every generation chases the horizon and forgets that they stand on the very ground that has been nurtured and paved by the people who came before them.
