it’s not about how good you are at your best, but how good you are at your worst



I take care of the runs and runs take care of everything



if your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough



in hindsight, we give ourselves the benefit of foresight



perfect is boring and dreams are not real



ditch the dream and be a doer



be santa claus when you can



carpe every diem



map out your future, but do it in pencil



life is in the transitions



the wound is the place where light enters you



don't stop being a garden if surrounded by weeds



il faut



fight the big fights



in the end, all you will take with you is what you've given away



think different



loyalty is a two-way street



hope is not a strategy



culture eats strategy for breakfast



only the paranoid survive



if not now, when?



you be you



always choose to dance



be compassionate not only to others but yourself



people don’t forget how you made them feel






outwork, outimprove, outstrategize and outlast the rest



a wealth of information creates a poverty of information



over promise over deliver



be distinct or be extinct



enjoy being uncomfortable



have a clear goal in life and stop imagining what will go wrong



accountability + candor + generosity + vulnerability = trust



what you see shapes how you change



giving makes the enervating energizing



every conversation is an invitation to risk revealing the real you



loyalty is a marathon, not a sprint



no one gets ahead without a lot of help



seek first to understand, then to be understood



share your passion, don't preach it



the best way to small talk is to not talk small at all



I am enough



charm is being yourself



mom was wrong, it pays to talk to strangers



detach: ego, emotions, perspective, self



life gets easier when you laugh at it



weakness is strong, I must be stronger



it’s about experimenting, reflecting and revising



keep reinventing yourself



without reflection, you will be in the same loop



life is not a single story



don’t let the fear of fear stop you



you can't reason with weakness



live in defiance of the weakness



chaos happens naturally, simplicity is a choice



discipline equals freedom



remember, don't dwell



maintain the momentum



commit first, figure it out later



if you can, you must



you don’t have to like what you do to love what you do



how can you dominate if you don't dominate?



normal is boring



lazy is the root of all evil



what you obsess with becomes your reality



make time or make excuses



make time, don't manage it



never tame your obsessions



use the naysayers as a guide and haters as fuel



what's the edge for if not to stand on it



starve the doubters and stay on track



if you don't have haters, you're not making a difference



if you want to meet the devil, have enough white space on your calendar



we measure what's easiest not what matters most



don't seek solutions, wait for them



concentration constricts, attention expands



be brave enough to suck at something new



you are what you pay attention to



nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little



we fear what is not harmful and desire what is not necessary



you needn't know what you are looking for in order to find it



we confuse data with information, info with knowledge and knowledge with wisdom



what you seek is seeking you



we are all wounded, only the size and shape of the wound differ



see the world with the eye of a child and the mind of a sage



if I am not I, who will be?



we see more by scanning than by staring



what you see, you become



it takes the doing hand to make the seeing eye



be curious, be a great listener



be humble, gracious, and unassuming



you know when you have learned the lesson, your actions will have changed



empowering others to find a vision is what makes you a leader



there are no failures, only lessons



if you can't control your emotions, you can't control your money



it’s hard to beat someone who never gives up



it’s hard to beat someone who never gives up



challenges make life interesting, overcoming them makes it meaningful



go for a cause that's bigger than you



your best is all you can do; no regrets



persistence and hard work will always lead to success



you should let life change you or else it's waste of life



use obstacles as stepping stones to something better



the best way to predict your future is to create it



either find a way, or make one



the secret of success is in trying ‘one more time’



explore, dream, discover - sail away from the safe harbor



failing to try is trying to fail



love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort



I am, therefore I think



serendipity has a plan for me



instead of asking “what’s bothering you”, ask “what do you want”



spend 5% of your time on the problem and 95% on the solution



the quality of the result is a function of the number of iterations



go the extra mile, it's seldom crowded there



begin with the end in mind



impossible just takes a little longer



investors should be your best cheerleaders outside, and worst critics inside



as you embrace your weirdness, you will thrive



conquer your fears by creating a plan



surround yourself with amazing people



if you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun



if you want a rainbow, you got to put up with the rain



motivation and effects of bathing don't last, do them daily



if I had any humility, I would be perfect



doing nothing is hard, you never know when you are done



nobody has to be perfect till you fall in love with them



thunder is impressive but it's the lightning that does the work



out of bed != being awake



if you fall on your face, at least you're moving forward



life is about learning to dance in the rain, not about waiting for the storm to pass



most people tiptoe through life hoping they make it safely to death



if you are too busy to learn, you won't be busy for too long



if you can, why wouldn't you?



experience tells you what to do, confidence allows you to do it



life begins at the edge of your comfort zone



learning from experience is painful, not learning even more so



luck is predictable; if you want more, take more chances



we ask people to change without showing them what they can become



values are like fingerprints, you leave them all over everything you do



you have to do what you need to do before you can do what you want to do



the worst thing about fear is it's going to get worse



your success in the past may block you from succeeding in the future



happiness comes from moving closer to what you want, not from getting it



my interest is in the future because I'll spend the rest of my life there



obstacles are frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal



don't enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought



we must take change by the hand, or it'll take us by the throat



the way we see the problem is the problem



where are you, where would you like to be and how would you like to get there?



in God we trust, all others must bring data



if you have everything under control, you aren't going fast enough



prefer people who rock the boat to those who jump out



it's never too late to be what you might have been



you have all the disadvantages required for success



see everything, overlook a great deal, and correct a little



success is determined by how people react to failure



nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself



people may doubt what you say but they'll believe what you do



strategy is a commodity, implementation is an art



important and relevant are not the same thing



you miss 100% of the shots you don't take



expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less



bloom where you are planted



eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time



quality of your questions determines quality of your life



be a sponge, curiosity is life



ideas are a commodity, execution of them is not



there's no such thing as insufficient resources, only insufficient resourcefulness



opposition is good, kites rise against the wind



patience persistence and perspiration are an unbeatable combination for success



a comfort zone is a beautiful place but nothing grows there



simplify your message and repeat often



success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm



the way to succeed is to double your failure rate



under promise, over deliver



every time you fail, you get closer to success



a mind stretched by a new idea or sensation never shrinks back



skills and savvy get you to the top, character keeps you there



make sure bad news travels quickly to those who can do something about it


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