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The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.
The best entrepreneurs I've ever met are all good communicators. It's perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.
I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.
I've had a very good stretch with startup investing, and I think it's very important to know when to hold your chips.
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.
I think that survivorship bias, the survivorship bias is something I'm very acutely familiar with because of investing.
People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.
I view my job more almost as a field biologist or anthropologist, where I'm collecting practices. I'm collecting techniques.
Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.
A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
I view myself as an experimentalist. I've tried everything in the book, and I have replicated results to one extent or another.
Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.
I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
This is not my phrase, but if you're stuck in the past, then you're depressed. If you're stuck in the future, then you're anxious.
I learned to associate discomfort with getting better. And that transcended wrestling and applied to a lot of other things in life.
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
I'm very often described as a 'risk-taker' and 'extreme,' and there are a few examples of that, certainly in the physical experimentation.
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Being called a huckster and a charlatan started several years ago, so that's something I'm accustomed to. In most cases, it doesn't bother me.
If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it's simply a poor use of resources.
One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.
For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.
Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?
A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.
The best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'
If you do something as simple as 15-minute ice baths three days a week, and you time those baths properly, you can significantly multiply your fat loss.
Personally, I now aim for one month of overseas relocation or high-intensity learning (tango, fighting, whatever) for every two months of work projects.
Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.
I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.
By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.
Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.
If retirement means laying on a beach and rubbing coco butter on your stomach, about 48 hours of that will be enough for most people. You'll want something new.
Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources.
I think that whenever you feel reactive or are being reactive as opposed to proactive, that inherently - consciously or subconsciously - creates a lot of stress.
To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.
The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
I suppose my professional life can be split into writing books that all sound like infomercial products, most notably 'The 4-Hour Workweek,' and then tech investing.