From famous people
“I am just smart enough to know that I’m dumb.”
-- Richard Feynman“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
-- George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman"Amor Fati"
-- Friedrich Nietzsche"Momento Mori"
-- Marc-Aurèle"Se rencontrer, c’est l’aventure d’une vie."
-- Alexandre Mars"Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. This leaf has jagged edges. This rock looks loose. From this place the snow is less visible, even though closer. These are things you should notice anyway. To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here's where things grow."
-- Robert Pirsig“There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.” -- Norman Vincent Peale
“Pour apprécier le chemin, il faut définir une destination.”
-- Jean-Charles Kurdali"As long as there is love, there will be grief. The grief of time passing, of life moving on half-finished, of empty spaces that were once bursting with the laughter and energy of people we loved. As long as there is love there will be grief because grief is love's natural continuation. It shows up in the aisles of stores we once frequented, in the half-finished bottle of wine we pour out, in the whiff of cologne we get two years after they've been gone. Grief is a giant neon sign, protruding through everything, pointing everywhere, broadcasting loudly, "Love was here." In the finer print, quietly, "Love still is.""
-- Heidi Priebe
Ideas
- Our brain is made for having ideas, not storing them.
- You only know what you make.
A simple recipe for finding opportunities:
- Be pleasant
- Ask questions
- Engage daily
It's hard for a warm and pleasant person who is asking a lot of questions and engaging in their industry daily to not come across interesting opportunities.
- The strategy required to find a great opportunity (lots of saying yes and exploring widely) is different from the strategy required to make the most of a great opportunity (lots of saying no and remaining focused).
- Your reputation is your most important asset. It precedes you before you walk into the room and lingers long after the work is done.
In many cases, what you want to "buy" isn't being "sold."
- the best homes usually aren't for sale
- the best employees usually aren't looking
People tend to hold onto the great things in life. They are almost never easily available. If you want to get them, you need enough courage to ask and enough salesmanship to convince them.
- Knowledge is not power. It is potential.
- Don’t think of a past relationship as over. Think of it as complete.
- If you don’t have these problems with any other person in your life, why do you think you’re the problematic person in this one?
- Clarity is freedom. Know what is important to you and it will grant you the freedom to ignore everything else.
- When you're on the field, play as if nothing else matters. When you're off the field, remember that the game doesn't matter at all.
Japanese concepts
- Shoshikantetsu: “To complete what was originally intended.”
- Shogyō mujō: “Everything is constantly changing and nothing can stay the same.”
Why time seems to pass faster as we age?
The smaller the change, the less memorable the time.
The solution is to dive head-first into unknown territory. That is, to travel physically or mentally.
We get into it because we have good taste. But it’s like there is this gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good. It’s not that great. It’s trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it’s not that good.
But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you’re making is kind of a disappointment to you. A lot of people never get past that phase. They quit.
And if you are just starting out or if you are still in this phase, you gotta know it's normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline…It is only by going through a volume of work that you’re going to catch up and close that gap. And the work you’re making will be as good as your ambitions.
It takes a while. It’s gonna take you a while. It’s normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.
Ira Glass
L’intelligence c’est d’apprendre de ses erreurs, la sagesse c’est d’apprendre des erreurs des autres.
Théo Lion
"Opportunities are grains of sand. They slide right past drooping fingers, but an active palm can gather whatever is within reach and shape it into a little castle. It is the act of engaging with the material that gives it shape."
"The secret of creative work is to make a lot and publish a little.
Don't underestimate the power of giving yourself permission to create junk. Most of what you create will be mediocre or bad.
But that's okay. You only have to show people the good stuff. Make 100 things, discard 90, and share the 10 best. Create, create, create. Edit, edit, edit."
- The Pocket Guide of Essential YC Advice
- Launch now
- Build something people want
- Do things that don't scale
- Find the 90 / 10 solution
- Find 10-100 customers who love your product
- All startups are badly broken at some point
- Write code - talk to users
- "It’s not your money"
- Growth is the result of a great product not the precursor
- Don’t scale your team/product until you have built something people want
- Valuation is not equal to success or even probability of success
- Avoid long negotiated deals with big customers if you can
- Avoid big company corporate development queries - they will only waste time
- Avoid conferences unless they are the best way to get customers
- Pre-product market fit - do things that don’t scale: remain small/nimble
- Startups can only solve one problem well at any given time
- Founder relationships matter more than you think
- Sometimes you need to fire your customers (they might be killing you)
- Ignore your competitors, you will more likely die of suicide than murder
- Most companies don't die because they run out of money
- Be nice! Or at least don’t be a jerk
- Get sleep and exercise - take care of yourself
"My personal rule is that it's a good idea to be patient as long as I'm in the mix.
If I'm taking action, putting in my reps, and trying things out, then I should remain patient and see what opportunities arise. But if I'm not taking action consistently, then I'm not practicing patience. I'm just waiting."
"If you're stuck on a problem, try solving it at a different level.”
If you ask, "What can we do to create a more unified country?" then you end up with vague answers that are difficult to implement. The problem is mostly unmanageable at that level.
But if you ask, "What can I do to create a more unified neighborhood?" then you can likely think of many small things you can do to connect your friends and neighbors.
Zoom in or zoom out. Problems that seem impossible at one level are often quite accessible from a different one.
Les gens t’aiment pas pour de vrai, tout le monde te trouve génial alors que t’as rien fait.
Angèle
"Keep ignoring feedback and life will keep teaching you the same lesson.”
“La répétition fixe la notion”
David Delandes
“Il y a donc, pour l’homme, une action et une pensée possibles au niveau moyen qui est le sien. Toute entreprise plus ambitieuse se révèle contradictoire. L’absolu ne s’atteint ni surtout ne se crée à travers l’histoire.
La politique n’est pas la religion, ou alors elle est inquisition. Comment la société définirait-elle un absolu ? Chacun peut-être cherche, pour tous, cet absolu. Mais la société et la politique ont seulement la charge de régler les affaires de tous pour que chacun ait le loisir, et la liberté, de cette commune recherche. […] Si le temps de l’histoire n’est pas fait du temps de la moisson, l’histoire n’est en effet qu’une ombre fugace et cruelle où l’homme n’a plus sa part. Qui se donne à cette histoire ne se donne à rien et à son tour n’est rien. Mais qui se donne au temps de sa vie, à la maison qu’il défend, à la dignité des vivants, celui-là se donne à la terre et en reçoit la moisson qui ensemence et nourrit à nouveau.”
L’Homme peut maitriser en lui tout ce qui doit l’être. Il doit réparer dans la création tout ce qui peut l’être. Après quoi, les enfants mourront toujours injustement, même dans la société parfaite. Dans son plus grand effort, l’homme ne peut que se proposer de diminuer arithmétiquement la douleur du monde. Mais l’injustice et la souffrance demeureront et, si limitée soit-elles, elles ne cesseront pas d’être le scandale.”
“La seule règle qui soit originale aujourd’hui : apprendre à vivre et à mourir, et, pour être homme, refuser d’être dieu.”
L’Homme révolté - Albert Camus
"Before you discover what you love: fewer commitments, more experiments.
After you discover what you love: fewer experiments, more commitments."
“La vie est un songe un peu moins inconstant.”
Blaise Pascal
“There's no mystery about a human life. It's not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
Kierkegaard (and Frank Herbert, in Dune)
“Ressembler au promontoire contre lequel incessamment se bisent les flots.”
Marc Aurèle
“Passer des spectres de la foi aux fantômes de la raison, c’est simplement changer de cellule.”
Le livre de l’intranquilité - Fernando Pessoa
“Dire que le peuple en sait assez s’il sait vouloir être libre, c’est avouer qu’on veut le tromper pour s’en rendre maître.”
Condorcet
“L’Homme est un animal qui n’accepte pas simplement le donné naturel.”
Georges Bataille
"Big wins tend to be accompanied by some combination of bigger decisions, more uncertainty, and greater risk.
If you want to play at a higher level, you need to be comfortable with greater swings of highs and lows: mentally, emotionally, financially.
You can avoid the swings, but you might be forced to play at a lower level."
People gravitate toward the standard you set, not the standard you request.
“L’Amour pour principe,
l’Ordre pour base,
le Progrès pour but.”
Auguste Comte
"It's hard to build momentum if you're dividing your attention.”
“Writing is useful because it is hard. It's the effort that goes into writing a clear sentence that leads to better thinking.”
“J’ai le sens du sacré mais je ne crois pas en Dieu”
Albert Camus
"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence."
Lu Xun
Being right is not the same as being persuasive
“Rien de plus faible et fluide que l’eau, mais pour entamer ce qui est dur et fort, rien ne la surpasse, rien ne la remplace.”
Lao Zi
“On jouit moins de ce qu’on obtient que de ce qu’on espère”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Ce qu’il faut, ce serait de rester éternellement jeune, éternellement enfant : on pourrait faire de belles choses toute sa vie. Autrement, quand on se civilise, on devient une machine qui s’adapte très bien à la vie et c’est tout”.
André Derain
“La véritable ignorance n’est pas le l’absence de savoir mais le refus d’en acquérir.”
Karl Popper
If you stumble make it part of the dance.
“Le but suprême du romancier est de nous rendre sensible à l’âme humaine.”
George Duhamel
Good marketing wins in the short run and good products win in the long run.
“Après avoir étudié la condition des femmes dans tous les temps et dans tous les pays, je suis arrivé à la conclusion qu’au lieu de leur dire bonjour, on devrait leur demander pardon.”
Alfred de Vigny
The best measure of wealth is what you have minus what you want.
“Ne cesse pas de sculpter ta propre statue.”
Plotin
Quand t’as le désert à traverser y’a rien à faire sauf d’avancer
Orelsan
“L’incompréhension du présent naît fatalement de l’ignorance du passé. Mais il n’est peut-être pas moins vain de s’épuiser à comprendre le passé, si on ne sait rien du présent.”
Marc Bloch
Most beliefs are self-validating. Angry people look for problems and find them everywhere, happy people seek out smiles and find them everywhere, pessimists look for trouble and find it everywhere. Brains are good at filtering inputs to focus on what you want to believe.
Logic doesn’t persuade people. Clarity, storytelling, and appealing to self-interest do.
"It is nearly impossible to have your best idea the first time you think about something. The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you're in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface. Time unlocks insights."
"Happiness is simply the absence of desire... Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure (which is joy or satisfaction), but about the lack of desire. It arrives when you have no urge to feel differently. Happiness is the state you enter when you no longer want to change your state.”
“Conduite et caractère du philosophe : il n’attend de profit et de dommage que lui-même.”
Epictète
“Si les faits l’accusent, le résultat l’excuse.”
Machiavel
Mieux vaudrait me trouver en désaccord ou en opposition avec tout le monde, que de l’être avec moi-même.”
Socrate
“Nous avons autant besoin de beauté que de pain”
John Muir
“Tout le problème de ce monde est que les imbéciles et les fanatiques sont toujours très sûrs d’eux, alors que les gens plus intelligents sont pleins de doutes.”
Bertrand Russel
“L’idéal est toujours nettoyé d’un peu de réalité qui ferait tâche.”
Alain
“Quelque chose se tenait embusqué quelque part le long de la route sinueuse de son destin comme une bête à l’affut se tapit dans l’ombre de la jungle prête à bondir.”
Henry James
“La liberté est de faire tout ce que les lois permettent.”
Montesquieu
“Je veux imaginer sous quels traits nouveaux le despotisme pourrait se produire dans le monde : je vois une foule innombrable d’hommes semblables et égaux qui tournent sans repos sur eux-m^
Alexis de Tocqueville
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
“Le meilleur argument contre la démocratie, c’est une conversation de cinq minutes avec l’électeur moyen.”
Winston Churchill
“Montrer au Moi qu’il n’est pas simplement maître dans sa propre maison.”
Sigmund Freud
“L’angoisse est le vertige de la liberté.”
Kierkegaard
“Le fait de penser est en soi une entreprise très dangereuse. Mais ne pas penser est encore plus dangereux.”
Hannah Arendt
"The brilliance of the stars would be invisible without the vast darkness of space behind them.
Do not wish away the difficult portions of life. They provide the contrast needed to appreciate the joyful moments."
"If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devote of truth, then inquire."
Nietzsche
Si vous ne pensez pas assez, lisez plus. Si vous pensez trop, écrivez plus.
"Each day is a small lifetime. Live a good life today.”
“Losing now is how you win later”
Gary Vee
To pick a field for your project, find something at the intersection of
- what feels play to you
- what looks like work to others (so that it brings value to the world)
Naval
Exceptional people have a harmonious combination of:
- Absolute freedom: they act autonomously by exercising their reason
- Healthy arrogance: they aim for revolutions and take unusual paths with confidence
- Genuine humility: they stay teachable and acknowledge their errors
Only 3 things are important in life: health, relationships, projects. In that order.
"Every transaction is paid for at least three times. First, with the money you pay. Second, with the time you spend. Third, with the reputation you create through your behavior.
Being pleasant, reliable, and easy to work with might cost you a little more time. Perhaps even a bit of extra money. But the long-term returns from a great reputation usually outweigh the cost of a single transaction.
Most of the value in life and in business arises out of good relationships."
"Over long time frames, simply staying in the game is impressive.
- Health and fitness: Can you stay injury free and not miss workouts?
- Wealth and finance: Can you avoid debt and continue to save?
- Business: Can you maintain cash flow and stay in business?
Longevity is its own form of greatness."
"He who angers you, conquers you.”
Elizabeth Kenny
It was mostly sweet. You were the sweetest of all.
Paul “Muad’dib” Atreides (Dune Messiah, Franck Herbert)
"Look for situations where the energy is already flowing downhill. Invest in relationships where there is already mutual respect. Create products that tap into a desire people already have. Work on projects that play to your strengths.
And then, once the potential of the situation is already working for you, add fuel to the fire. Pour yourself into the craft. Act as if you have to outwork everyone else—even though the wind is at your back.
The idea is to sprint downhill, not grind uphill."
"It only takes five minutes to break the cycle.
Five minutes of exercise and you are back on the path. Five minutes of writing and the manuscript is moving forward again. Five minutes of conversation and the relationship is restored.
It doesn't take much to feel good again."
"Simple mindset shifts:
- I'm not hurt, I'm healing.
- I'm not losing, I'm learning.
- I was not rejected, I was redirected.
Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder."
You wanna know ? Well well well…
Act just like you know
Fat Larry
"In some areas of life, value is unlocked by starting. Even a five-minute workout or a short walk can reset your mood and benefit your body.
In other areas, value is unlocked by finishing. It does you no good to build a bridge halfway across the river. You need to complete the project to realize the value.
Do you need to start or finish? Are you building a body or building a bridge?"
Act like you know, and you’ll be in the show.
Act like you don’t, and you won’t.
Fat Larry
"The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.”
Marc Andreessen
- Advice on productivity
- Time blocking your calendar is x10 more impactful than a to-do list.
- Beat procrastination by taking progressively larger actions -immediately.
- Work fast -speed is the denominator.
- Ruthlessly priorise or de-priorise every project.
"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.”
Diane Ackerman
To increase the chance of getting a yes:
- Write the ask
- Highlight parts that benefit you
- Highlight parts that benefit the other person
You may be surprised how much of your note is self-serving.
The key is to edit so the final version is ~90% about the other person.
"Nearly everything awesome takes longer than you think.
Get started and don't worry about the clock."
"Before you try to increase your willpower, try to decrease the friction in your environment.”
“Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.”
Andy Benoit
"Anyone who acts without paying attention to what he is doing is wasting his life. I'd go so far as to say life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.”
Nadia Boulanger
→ live intentionally
"Raise your ambitions. Lower your expectations.
The higher your ambitions, the bolder your actions.
The lower your expectations, the greater your satisfaction.
Achieve more and be happy along the way."
"Your net productivity is the balance of the productive and unproductive forces in your life.
A great deal of time and energy is spent thinking about how to increase effort, but there is a lot to be gained by reducing friction.
A car will travel faster not only if you press the accelerator, but also if you remove the speed bumps."
It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.
Lisa Randall
"Do not confuse things that are hard with things that are valuable.
Many things in life are hard. Just because you are giving a great effort does not mean you are working toward a great result.
Make sure that mountain is worth climbing."
"The goal of life is to die young — as late as possible!”
Ashley Montagu
"Keeping the habit alive is a powerful act. It's easier to stay in shape than to get in shape. It's easier to keep a house clean than to get it clean. Maintaining your progress saves your future self a great deal of work.”
Do not seek pleasure for its own sake
"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
Howard Zinn
Today is a great opportunity, no matter your age. Looking back in a few years, today will seem like the time when you were young and full of potential or the moment when you could have started early or the turning point when you made a choice that benefited your future.
"Many times in life the question is not whether to do thing or another, but when to emphasize one aspect or another.
Rest or train? Research or write? Diversify or concentrate?
Opposite answers can both be right. The question is which one is the right answer for right now."
Sales
Ton produit n’a de la valeur QUE si ton prospect la perçoit
Pessimists sound smart, optimists get rich
Sahil Bloom
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
Lena Horne
"Be great in small ways.
Writing 100 words today doesn’t seem worthwhile when you see people publishing bestsellers.
Exercising for 10 minutes doesn’t seem valuable when you see world records posted on Instagram.
But winning the next 10 minutes is its own form of greatness.
People are so busy wishing for more time and better resources that they fail to make the most of the time and resources they have. Be great in small ways and you may be surprised by what you've achieved within a year or two."
L’exécution se compte en , l’idée n’est qu’un mutliplicateur
Find a game where the probabilities favor you and keep taking shots.
Good advice at the wrong time is bad advice
Decide, don't slide
Don’t stop until you’re proud
"When you arise on the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
Marcus Aurelius
“The goal of adulthood is to let go of the other possible existences and to make the best of the one. A successful adult is one who understands that it doesn't matter which life you ultimately pick, only that you live it well.”
Chris Ballas
The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.
Kevin Kelly
It’s possible that a not-so smart person, who can communicate well, can do much better than a super smart person who can’t communicate well. That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence.
Behave magnificently.
A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.
"I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel."
"If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. Once the emotions have been aroused — a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and the unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration or love — then we wish for knowledge about the subject of our emotional response. Once found, it has lasting meaning.
It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate."
Rachel Carson
You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale.
Naval
"Research widely, select carefully.
Broad funnel, tight filter."
Speak confidently as if you are right, but listen carefully as if you are wrong.
Ask founders for money, and they’ll give you advice; but ask for advice and they’ll give you money.
“L’écoute réelle c’est quand on se donne la possibilité de changer d’avis à la fin de la conversation”
Jérôme Lecat - CEO Scality
When you lead, your real job is to create more leaders, not more followers.
Criticize in private, praise in public.
Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
"Are you willing to be uncomfortable for 5 minutes?
Exercising is easier once you've started the workout.
Conversation is easier once you're already talking.
Writing is easier once you're in the middle of it.
But many rewards in life will elude you if you're not willing to be a little uncomfortable at first."
Done is better than perfect
"The most important battles must be fought anew each day.
Exercising today does not render tomorrow's workout unnecessary.
Supporting your spouse today does not mean you can mail it in tomorrow.
Learn to love the endless nature of things and life gets easier."
There are no bonus points in life for doing it the hard way.
"If you can't figure out what kind of work you like, pay attention to what's easy to concentrate on and gives you energy vs. what makes you tune out and feel tired.”
Sam Altman
"Think of many things. Do one.”
Kindness is the answer for winning leaders in the face of adversity and issues.
Gary Vee
New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do.
Il y a 4 étapes dans la vie d’un entrepreneur :
1- l’inconscience de son incompétence -> essentiel pour se lancer. Il faut y croire !
2- la conscience de son incompétence -> c’est dur… pas certain de continuer, comme 90% des entrepreneurs qui abandonnent là.
3- la conscience de sa compétence -> j’ai surmonté l’étape 2, je sais que je suis devenu bon et je maitrise mon sujet.
4- l’inconscience de sa compétence -> je fais les choses naturellement, je les sens bien, j’excelle sans trop savoir comment… et je ne me pose même plus trop la question de toutes les façons.
À quelle étape es-tu ?
A dream is a goal without a plan.
"Do less. Keep returning to one thing and continue to refine it."
Don’t ask for a lighter burden, work for a stronger back.
Chris Heria
"One roadblock almost never ruins you.
There might not be 1000 ways to accomplish something, but there is almost always more than one way.
Know what you want. Be flexible about how to get there."
You don't have to be extreme, just consistent.
"A simple rule for life and work:
Don’t rush, but don’t wait.
Thoughtful action."
Niche at scale is something that I think young people should aspire to.
Derek Thompson
"It's only work if you would rather be doing something else.
Find a way to carve a career out of what you already want to do."
"A gift you can give yourself right now:
Stop what you're doing. Close your eyes.
For the next 60 seconds, just breathe."
"Many people are not ready for their lucky break when it comes to them.
Develop your skills. Study your craft. Save some money. Build a network before you need it. Lay the ground work.
The prepared person is positioned to benefit from unexpected opportunities."
"Your entire life happens inside your body. It's the one home you will always occupy and can never sell.”
"When you create a difference in someone's life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime.
No act is ever too small. One by one, this is how to make an ocean rise."
Danielle Doby
"Children are joyful and treat each day as a miracle—in part because they are continually surprised.
Each day, they hear a new word or listen to a new song or learn about a new animal. It's their first time visiting that restaurant or jumping in that pool or riding that rollercoaster. The world is continually unfolding before them.
How can you introduce more surprise into your life as an adult? How can you renew your sense of childlike wonder?"
"Train hard and focus on what you can control."
Every day is an extra day
"Most lucky events in life are opportunities, not outcomes.
The value of an opportunity changes depending on how it is treated. Without effort, good luck becomes a missed opportunity. With effort, good luck can become a life-changing event.
You need luck and hard work. It's not either/or. It's both/and. The result will not walk through the door on its own."
It's not about whether you can do it or not. Just go and get it.
Shota Aizawa
"Y’a pas d’excuses à être un glandeur,
Si tu peux pas faire de grandes choses fais de petites choses avec grandeur"
Youssoufa
"In school, you are graded on every test—even if it's your weakest subject.
In life, you can choose the tests you take—even if they always play to your strengths.
Maintain a baseline so your weak areas don't hold you back, but design your life so you are graded on your strengths."
"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be."
Khalil Gibran
"Not being busy is a competitive advantage.
Most people are so strapped for time they can't take advantage of lucky opportunities or quickly resolve unexpected problems.
Maintain a bias toward action, but leave room for the unexpected."
"Doing it right is hard. Doing it over is harder."
"Most big, deeply satisfying accomplishments in life take at least five years to achieve. This can include building a business, cultivating a loving relationship, writing a book, getting in the best shape of your life, raising a family, and more.
Five years is a long time. It is much slower than most of us would like. If you accept the reality of slow progress, you have every reason to take action today. If you resist the reality of slow progress, five years from now you'll simply be five years older and still looking for a shortcut."
"Three simple ways to get more of what you want in life:
- Be kind and pleasant to others.
- Ask for what you want.
- Follow up."
"Consistency before intensity.
Start small and become the kind of person who shows up every day. Build a new identity.
Then increase the intensity."
"The difference between good and great is often an extra round of revision.
The person who looks things over a second time will appear smarter or more talented, but actually is just polishing things a bit more.
Take the time to get it right. Revise it one extra time."
"Don't over-improve your weaknesses. If you're not good at something, work on it until it no longer prevents your progress, but the bulk of your time is better spent maximizing your strengths.”
"If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want."
Oscar Wilde
"I can't tell you how many times I don't feel like training and tell myself, "I'll just do one set and see how I feel."
You would think it would stop working at some point, but I almost always end up doing the whole workout.
Just start. Do a little and see what happens."
"Many good opportunities are ruined for the dream of slightly better ones.
Would you have a more successful career if you had taken that other job or moved cities? Possibly. But your actual career will definitely suffer if you don't commit to doing it to the best of your ability.
Would you be 10% happier in a different relationship? Maybe. Maybe not. But you'll definitely be unhappy in the one you have if you spend all day thinking about what else is out there.
The surefire way to end up worse off is to agonize over unchosen options and fail to make the most of the one you selected. Every minute spent yearning for your unlived lives is a moment you can't invest in the one you actually have.
Choices matter, but so does your level of commitment."
Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy.
Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder. Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder. Mastering your craft is hard, but having no skills is harder.
Easy has a cost.
"Think about what you want today and you'll spend your time.
Think about what you want in 5 years and you'll invest your time."
"Someone else living a good life does not prevent you from living a good life.
There are many ways to win and plenty of space."
"Charity can be a lifestyle, not merely a gift.
Read charitably. Give the author your most favorable interpretation.
Listen charitably. Donate your undivided attention.
Work charitably. Be generous with your expertise.
In this way, you make charity a daily habit."
"You don’t need to catch every break if you’re willing to keep trying.
Every winner has an archive of losses, but each attempt creates the chance for a victory.
You need to be patient, but not passive. Active patience."
Business
Keep 100% of your focus and resource utilization on the thing that makes the money.
"The best business ideas have yet to be tried. The best books have yet to be written. The best relationships have yet to be formed.
It's not too late. The space of possibilities is endless. The most interesting terrain remains unexplored."
Perfection is boring. Getting better is where all the fun is.
Dragos Roua
"If you know where you want to go in life, people tend to help or get out of the way.
Both of those are useful."
Unfinished projects can’t compound.
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage we have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”
–Charlie Munger
5 pieces of advice from Gary Vee
- Being kind and looking for the “good” is the ultimate strength and worth aspiring to. ❤️
- Respect your “art” (acting, jokes, business, parenting, actual art) more than your friends’ opinions on it. 💡
- The “fuck up” is better than the debate...aka just DO shit. Pondering, debating, talking yourself out of it isn’t as productive as many think. ☑️
- Ego is insecurity with makeup on. Do not confuse confidence with ego. 👎🏻
- Being your own biggest fan is everything...but it's also about respecting the market. Once you cross that chasm for self esteem, you don't give a fuck. Confidence without delusion is key 🔑
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
Dolly Parton
"The best arguments in the world won't change a single person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”
Richard Powers
"You only need to know the direction, not the destination.
The direction is enough to make the next choice."
"The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin—the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.
Don’t shrink from new experiences and custom. Take the cold bath bravely. Enter into the spirit of your big bedroom. Enjoy what is and not pine for what is not.
Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself. Make yourself do unpleasant things, so as to gain the upper hand of your soul."
W.E.B. Du Bois
"Man is happy until he starts looking for happiness"
"Whenever you are stuck searching for the optimal plan, remember:
Getting started changes everything."
"How to build a career in 7 steps:
Do great work.
Share it publicly.
Cold email people 2 steps ahead of you.
Talk about your work and trade ideas.
Host events and meet in-person.
Become friends.
Rise together."
Three steps to exceptional results:
Do less. Stop dividing your attention.
Do it right now. Once you have identified the essential, go fast. Maintain a bias toward action.
Do it the right way. Acting quickly doesn't mean acting carelessly. Get to work right away, but keep working on it until it's right.
A quick and easy tip for building habits that last:
Pick a standard time and place to do it.
It’s easier to wake up knowing "I exercise at 4pm" than to decide each time when to fit a habit into your day.
If it’s already decided, all you need to do is show up.
"If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner."
Tallulah Bankhead
Nobody cares. Work harder.
"The world rewards you for value provided, not time spent."
"Nearly everything in life is unfavorable once it grows to a certain size.
It is entirely possible to have too many clients, too much work, too much fame, too much free time, and so on.
Pay attention to when the thing you're chasing exceeds its usefulness."
We need to redefine "hard work" to include "hard thinking."
The person who outsmarts you is out working you. The person who finds shortcuts is out working you. The person with a better strategy is out working you.
Usually, the hardest work is thinking of a better way to do it.
Faire les choses sérieusement sans se prendre au sérieux
Y'a rien à faire à part être présent. Penser les plaies, changer les pansements. Le seul remède c'est le temps.
Orelsan
"Les gens cherchent toujours des secrets alors qu’il suffit de faire l’évidence sur le long terme. Les trucs et astuces, c’est bien moins important que la consistance et la répétition"
Oussama Amar
"Being yourself is a continuous effort.
There is always another expectation placed upon you, another person pulling you toward their preferences, another nudge from society to act a certain way.
It's a daily battle to be yourself, not merely what the world wants you to be."
"In many cases, improvement is not about doing more things right, but about doing less things wrong.
Don't look for things to add. Look for things to eliminate."
"Never expect to fail, but always plan for it.
The fastest way to get back on track is to have a plan for when you're off it."
The Process:
- Decide what you want to achieve.
- Try different ways of achieving it until you find one that works for you
- Do more of what works. Do less of what doesn’t
- Don’t stop doing it until it stops working
- Repeat
"The more you move, the easier it is to keep moving. Maintain the momentum."
"Different meanings can be assigned to the same events.
Look for evidence of how the world is encouraging you, and you will find it.
Look for evidence of how the world is burdening you, and you will find it.
Choose an explanation that empowers you."
You can do anything, but you cannot do everything.
"Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all."
Richard Feynman
"The Paradox of Focus:
Make the most of one opportunity and more opportunities will come your way.
Moving boldly in one direction causes more paths to unfold before you.
To get more, focus on less."
Don’t quit.
You’re already in pain.
You’re already hurt.
Get a reward from it.
"Being pleasant and having a good attitude is a simple way to become luckier.
Opportunities come through people, and people are more likely to bring opportunities to people they like.
It's hard to win if your attitude adds friction to every interpersonal experience."
"Know what you want.
Follow a trajectory where what you want is a possible outcome.
Build a system to incrementally improve your ability to follow that trajectory.
Trust yourself.
Enjoy the outcomes.
Repeat."
"When people hesitate to give honest feedback on an idea, draft, or performance, I ask for a 0-10 score.
No one ever says 10. Then I ask how I can get closer to a 10.
It motivates them to start coaching me – and motivates me to be coachable. I want to learn how to close the gap."
Adam Grant
"10,000 iterations, not 10,000 hours"
Naval Ravikant
"A recipe for getting more out of what you read:
Start more books. Quit most of them. Read the great ones twice."
"We cannot predict the value our work will provide to the world. That’s fine. It is not our job to judge our own work. It is our job to create it, to pour ourselves into it, and to master our craft as best we can."
Get your hands dirty.
Gary Vee
"If you want a significant change in your results, then you probably need a significant change to your strategy. Working harder on your current strategy is unlikely to move the needle.
Before you work harder, work on the right thing.
Play better games. Win better prizes."
"There is a difference between moving fast and rushing.
You can move fast and be thoughtful. When you rush, you sacrifice thoughtfulness.
Conversely, when you are thoughtful but not moving fast, you are overthinking it. Procrastination in disguise.
Don’t rush, but don’t wait."
"People generally have more control over their actions than their feelings.
But we can influence our feelings by taking action.
Take one small step. Move the body first and the mind will follow."
Treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers
Stephen Covey
a variant:
The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customer
Richard Branson
Frustration is a function of our expectations.
Stephen Covey
"When I notice myself worrying about “what other people will think” I find I’m usually not worried about any single person’s opinion.
If I pick a specific person, I‘m rarely concerned about what they will think.
What I fear is the collective opinion in my head. It’s imaginary."
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
“That which we obtain toi easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.”
Thomas Pains
"A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values."
Gian-Carlo Rota
People see the word not as it is, but as they are.
7 Habits
"Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.
You don’t have to do it all today. Just lay a brick."
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
"Modeling a behavior is stronger than telling someone to act differently.
Kids imitate the habits of their parents. Teammates match the competitive energy of one another. Employees learn to manage like their supervisor.
Be the standard and others will raise their standards."
Je sais que si tu tires sur les ambulances faudra t’emmener tout seul aux urgences
Orelsan
Quand quelque chose ne va pas dans la vie, tu as deux solutions :
Ou bien tu agis, tu changes les choses pour que ça aille mieux.
Ou bien tu fermes ta gueule, et tu le laisses de côté. Et tu assumes de d’aller mal jusqu'à ce que tu sois prêt à agir.
2 tips to keep in mind when hiring new employees:
Give trust easily
I give trust a lot easier than most CEOs. To me, it’s just faster. I blindly trust all my employees. If they prove themselves to be incapable, I’ll put restrictions around them.
I genuinely believe that “Trust is not given, it’s earned” is slow and egotistical.
Don’t compare your hires to yourself
This is where a lot of leaders get caught. They measure candidates against themselves, and then scratch their egos by finding ways candidates don’t match up.
I don't hold employees to the same standard that I hold myself to.
For me, it’s all about offense.
I don’t care if my hires don’t perform as well as I would because they’re freeing up my time. Even if they’re not performing at “100”, that’s okay because they’re allowing me to go on the offense in other ways.
Gary Vee
"If you'd like to do something bold with your life, you will have to choose to do something bold on a specific day.
There is no perfect day. There is no right time. For the trajectory to change, there has to be one day when you simply make the choice."
"You can attract luck simply by sharing your work publicly."
Il n’y a pas de vent favorable quand on ne sait pas où aller
« On le fait en rigolant mais sans faire de blagues »
Sneazzy
« L’homme parle depuis les gradins mais dans la fosse se tait »
Django
« Se lever chaque jour avec détermination
Se coucher chaque soir avec satisfaction »
Dosseh
"First delight, then instruct."
The art historian Gustav Friedrich Waagen ****on how to teach so people learn.
"Do the most important thing first each day and you'll never have an unproductive day."
"Where to focus:
For the beginner, execution.
For the intermediate, strategy.
For the expert, mindset."
"Simple is nearly always better. But if it's going to be complicated, then make sure the problem is worth the complexity. A great deal of time is wasted creating complex solutions to relatively unimportant problems.”
"Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking.
You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started."
"Do one thing well and watch it compound."
"Always leave room for the unexpected. A buffer of time, a little extra money, a reserve of goodwill.
You won't be maximizing every opportunity or squeezing out every last dollar, but what you lose in reward, you gain in safety.
Survival is the highest return of all."
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”
Louise Erdrich
"A ship is safe in a harbor, but that is not what ships are built for."
John Shedd
"Over the years, I've learned that the first idea you have is irrelevant. It's just a catalyst for you to get started. Then you figure out what's wrong with it and you go through phases of denial, panic, regret. And then you finally have a better idea and the second idea is always the important one."
Arthur van Hoff
Instead of saying “I don’t have time”, try saying “it’s not a priority” and see how it feels
"Life is easier when you know what you want—but most people don't take the time to figure out what they want.
It's not that we are completely lost, but our efforts are often slightly misdirected. People will work for years and ultimately achieve a lifestyle that isn't quite what they were hoping for—often, simply, because they never clearly defined what they wanted.
An hour of thinking can save you a decade of work."
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow is your progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying. Tony Robbins
Children lean more from who you are, than what you teach.
W.E.B Du Bois
"Improvement is a battle that must be fought anew each day.
Your next workout doesn't care how strong your last one was.
Your next essay doesn't care how popular your last one was.
Your next investment doesn't care how smart your last one was.
Your best effort, again."
Just be happy,
it drives people crazy
‘Obstacles do not block the path. They are the path.’
"Writing is the antidote to confusion."
“You can borrow knowledge, but not action."
In the end, it will be ok. If it’s not ok, then it’s not the end.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily
John C. Maxwell
« Tu connais y’a rien 100 rien »
Jul
"When reading books or listening to podcasts or taking advice, remember that everyone is biased to their personal history.
The world is complex and there is no single path to a success. Look for patterns that are repeated across many successful people, not single stories."
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself.
If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
Simon Sinek
"Entrepreneur’s mind.
Athlete’s body.
Artist’s soul."
"In the long run, the way you treat your time is the way others treat it too."
"A brief guide to leadership:
- Always know the answer to, “What are we optimizing for?”
- Recruit. Recruit. Recruit.
- Never ask someone to do something you aren’t willing to do yourself.
- Give away the credit. Take the blame."
"The more disciplined your environment is, the less disciplined you need to be. Don't swim upstream."
“In other words, a sure-fire way to predict the future is to take no action at all. When you do nothing, you get nothing.”
Pat Flynn
"Failure is most useful when you give your best effort.
If you fail with a lackluster effort, you haven't learned much. Perhaps you could have succeeded with a proper focus.
But if your best effort fails, you have learned something valuable: this way doesn't work."
“We have meaningful lives… when we do things that are important that otherwise would not get done. You don’t want to be a cog in a machine, you don’t want to be doing a thing that if you didn’t do it, a thousand other people would take your place. And so it’s always but for you, but for this venture or this company that you’re working on, this important thing would not get done. That tends to be extremely meaningful, and I think you should always aim for that.”
Peter Thiel
"Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."
Atomic Habits
Drive it like you stole it
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde
Take the risk or lose the chance
“If one asked permission there was a 50% chance it would be refused. If one just got on with it, 19 times out of 20 nothing was said.” (about doing things with or without permission)
Trevor Kletz
"The feeling of progress is one of the best feelings of all. This is true even when progress is small."
Next time you feel like creating scenarios in your head, keep asking yourself “then what” until you realise you have better things to do.
You only live once?
False.
You live everyday.
You only die once.
Instead of asking yourself, What do I want to do with my life?, ask yourself: HOW do I want to spend my days?. This makes you think about yourself on a different level.
“You’re going to go through tough times -that’s life. But I say “Nothing happens to you, it happens for you”. See the positive in negative events.
Joel Osteen
Be the reason someone smiles today
“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.”
— Dan Sullivan
"Find a partner who is ready to build with you.
It is not about finding perfection in another person, it is about realizing when you come across an undeniable connection that nourishes your being and matches the type of support you are looking for. Getting lost in the idea of perfection is a hindrance. Being with someone who is committed to going through the ups and downs of life together is truly priceless.
When two people embrace their imperfections and commit to growing into better versions of themselves, it will naturally enhance the happiness they share in the relationship."
Yung Pueblo
If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs
Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me."
Viola Davis
Don’t tell people your plans.
Show them your results.
When someone says you can’t do it,
do it twice,
and take pictures.
"Life instantly improves when you don’t blame other people and focus on what you can control."
"Broad ideas influence more people.
Specific ideas influence people more."
Happiness is the highest level of success.
"The most overlooked and underappreciated growth strategy is patience.
(More specifically, consistently producing great work over a long time horizon.)"
James Clear
"Vision is the bottleneck of talent.
Most talent is wasted because people do not clearly know what they want. It’s not a lack of effort, but a lack of direction.
There are many capable people in the world, but relatively few that focus on what matters."
James Clear
6 months of focus and hard work can put you 5 years ahead in live.
Don’t underestimate the power of consistency and desire.
Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful
Today I will do what others won’t,
so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.
If it was easy everyone would do it.
“Those who predict the future we call futurists. Those who know when the future will happen we call billionaires”
Horace Dediu
Think big, go small
(Any goal can be achieved if you break it down into small enough parts)
"Most people would rather make a million dollars in their head every night than $100 in cash every day" George Horace Lorimer
You didn’t wake up today to be mediocre.
just
do
it
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future. You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even if it leads you off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference.
Steve Jobs
"Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me."
Audre Lorde
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I've kept going because I love what I did. You’ve got to find what you love.
Steve Jobs, about him being fired from Apple and how it lead him to create two successful companies and find his wife.
If you are still struggling to find what you love, keep looking. And don’t settle.
Steve Jobs
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Steve Jobs
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
Margaret Thatcher
I’m going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.
Elaie de Wolfe
When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine
Wise people are not always silent, but they know when to be
A one hour workout is 4% of your day. (and 6% of the time you're awake)
No excuses.
How bad do you want it? That is what comes first.
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” – H. G. Wells
The purpose of life is a life of purpose
The Monk Who Sold Its Ferrari
Never forget the importance of living with unbridled exhilaration. Never neglect to see the exquisite beauty in all living things. Today, and this very moment, is a gift. Stay focused on your purpose. The Universe will take care of everything else.
The Monk Who Sold Its Ferrari
Act as if failure is impossible, and your success will be assured. Wipe out every though of not achieving your objectives, whether they are material or spiritual. Be brave, and set no limits of your imagination. Never be a prisoner of your past. Become an architect of your future. You will never be the same.
The Monk Who Sold Its Ferrari
"Before you begin, think as if you are a lazy person. Imagine the competition will work harder. Your only chance is a better strategy.
After you begin, work as if you are a dumb person. Imagine the competition is smarter and more talented. Your only chance is to outwork them."
"I always say that I'll go first...
That means if I'm checking out at the store, I'll say hello first.
If I'm coming across somebody and make eye contact, I'll smile first.
[I wish] people would experiment with that in their life a little bit. Be first, because – not all times, but most times – it comes in your favor."
Gabby Reece
"Modeling a behavior is stronger than telling someone to act differently.
Kids imitate the habits of their parents. Teammates match the competitive energy of one another. Employees learn to manage like their supervisor.
Be the standard and others will raise their standards."
13 things mentally strong people don’t do
- Don’t waste time feeling sorry for yourself
- Don’t give away your power
- Don’t shy away from change
- Don’t focus on things you can’t control
- Don’t worry about pleasing everyone
- Don’t fear taking taking calculated risks
- Don’t dwell on the past
- Don’t make the same mistake over and over
- Don’t resent other people’s success
- Don’t give up after the first failure
- Don’t fear alone time
- Don’t feel like the world owe you anything
- Don’t expect immediate results
Les 20 pincipes de Théo Maréchal (inspiré de l'Almanach de Naval Ravikant)
- Mieux vaut entreprendre seul que mal accompagné.
- Il faut coller son projet à sa façon de vivre et non l’inverse.
- Ceux qui créént leur produit ont 3x plus d’avance : ils ne l’ont pas payé et ils le maîtrisent.
- Process > Croissance
- Entreprendre pour avoir une vie de salarié de la tour Ariane à La Défense, no thank you.
- Problème > Solution.
- La meilleure façon de trouver un vrai problème à résoudre, c’est de vendre son temps.
- La meilleure façon d’entreprendre est de transformer une activité de freelance en un produit.
- La liberté est acquise uniquement quand ses revenus ne dépendent pas du temps investi.
- La seule critique que vous devez écouter est celle de quelqu’un qui vous a payé.
- Si “bosser” devient votre passion, et si “bosser” signifie vraiment avancer chaque jour, vous devenez inârretable.
- Si vous avez peur de publier du contenu en votre nom, c’est que vous êtes égocentrique.
- Si vous n’avez pas d’idée, c’est que vous n’avez pas consommé ou créé suffisamment.
- Si vous n’avez pas d’inspiration, partez le plus loin possible.
- Le mouvement et les interactions provoquent la chance.
- Emmerdez la chance, prenez des risques.
- Votre différence est votre joker. Utilisez-la.
- Mieux vaut faire 1% par jour que 100% en un seul jour.
- Discipline > Motivation. La motivation est éphémère, la discipline reste.
- On va tous mourir un jour. Autant avoir donné tout ce qu’on peut.
10 things that require zero talent
- Being on time
- Making an effort
- Being high energy
- Having a positive attitude
- Being passionate
- Using good body language
- Being coachable
- Doing a little extra
- Being prepared
- Having a strong work ethic
4 simples rules
- Wake up early
- Work harder than you think you did yesterday
- Never go more than 3 days without exercise
- Make time to read everyday
7 rules of life
- Make peace with your past so it won’t disturb your present
- What other people think is none of your business
- Time heals almost everything. Give it time.
- The only person in charge of your happiness is you
- Don’t compare your life to others, comparison is the thief of joy
- Stop thinking too much. It is alright not to know all the answers
- Smile. You don’t own all the problems in the world