| Oct 31 |
The paradox of readiness is you want to feel ready before you start, but you become ready by starting.
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| Oct 31 |
If you can do it when itâs hard, you can keep doing it under any conditions.
If you only wait to start when itâs easy, youâll either never start, or, youâll quit the moment it gets hard again (which it always does).
So you might as well start when itâs hard.
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| Oct 31 |
If you attempt anything great, you will get hate. Period.
But if the hatred comes from someone who represents the opposite of your values - then youâre doing it right.
Zero. And I mean zero - great people had zero enemies.
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67k |
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| Oct 31 |
More potential is wasted through inaction than incompetence.
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768 |
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128.6k |
60 |
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| Oct 30 |
The best content to consume to learn entrepreneurship is reality.
Youâll learn more from your first 100 cold calls than you will from reading every sales book in the world.
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| Oct 30 |
On discipline: If you want to get to where you want to go, your frustration tolerance has to get stronger. And the good news, is that's a skill, which means you can get better at it.
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| Oct 30 |
More only works if you have feedback loops to get better.
More for the sake of more doesn't move the needle.
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44.3k |
109 |
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| Oct 30 |
The higher you go. The better you are, the better the opportunities you have to say no to.
You feel regret because youâre imagining the upside of the path you didn't take but not the downside you didn't get.
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| Oct 30 |
You can lose more than you win as long as when you win, you win big.
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54.9k |
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| Oct 30 |
If you are under $1m/year, you have to advertise more.
No one knows you exist⌠which is why you're not making as much as you want.
You're not fighting against competition , you're fighting against irrelevance.
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135.9k |
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| Oct 29 |
The person with the longest time horizon usually wins.
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105.9k |
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| Oct 29 |
I have yet to meet a successful person who says that it was faster and easier than they expected.
Even when you expect it to take a long time and be hard, you're still undershooting.
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191 |
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| Oct 29 |
Short deadlines. Long time horizons.
This is the way.
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185 |
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52.1k |
55 |
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| Oct 29 |
You cannot beat someone who has already decided they will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes.
And that person might as well be you.
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311 |
263.1k |
142 |
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| Oct 29 |
It always costs more, takes longer and is harder than you think it will be.
Even when you know it always costs more, takes longer and is harder than you think it will be.
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263 |
204 |
62.7k |
172 |
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| Oct 29 |
Entrepreneurship is one of the greatest vehicles of personal development because it forces you to confront every weakness youâve been avoiding.
The market wonât let you hide from yourself. 10 out of 10 times, the person limiting the business is you.
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807 |
285 |
142.6k |
250 |
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| Oct 28 |
Poor people are impressed by stuff.
Rich people are impressed by results.
Don't outspend. Outwork.
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520 |
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89.7k |
99 |
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| Oct 28 |
Don't buy the lambo to promote yourself. You'll only impress poor people. Which is most people. But not the ones with money. They're the ones you want. And they only wanna see you outwork everyone, not outspend everyone.
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337 |
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| Oct 28 |
Cheap advertising hack:
Take every shirt you already own to a screen printer and get your logo printed on them.
You wear clothes every day anyway. Might as well rep your own brand rather than be free advertising for someone else's.
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199 |
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101.1k |
233 |
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| Oct 28 |
You canât have main character energy with side character goals.
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402 |
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93.9k |
63 |
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| Oct 28 |
What success is for you when youâre 20 will be different when youâre 30 and when youâre 40. Youâre just pursuing something else now⌠and thatâs okay.
Itâs okay to change your mind.
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106 |
160 |
45.1k |
181 |
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| Oct 27 |
Brutal truth: Youâre living too much in the future, and thatâs limiting your growth.
There is nothing more indicative of future success than the ability to ignore what could happen tomorrow and focus on what needs to happen today.
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449 |
199 |
95.7k |
231 |
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| Oct 27 |
Strategy is not eliminating problems, it's deciding which ones to focus on - which means some shit will always be fucked.
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170 |
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54.1k |
121 |
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| Oct 27 |
Most small businesses, don't need more ideas, they need more execution.
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| Oct 27 |
Either sell extremely expensive to a select few or sell something super cheap to everyone. The middle is where people die.
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411 |
685.9k |
122 |
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| Oct 27 |
Most people get more rewarded for talking about their goals than going after them.
Which is why most people stay stuck and never start.
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137 |
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| Oct 26 |
The specificity of the request is inversely correlated with the skill of the recipient.
If someone sucks, you gotta tell them exactly what to do. If they're good, you can just tell them what you want to have happen, and they'll make it happen.
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93 |
101 |
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244 |
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| Oct 26 |
Figuring things out is a wandering behavior. But people do really terribly with uncertainty.
That's why entrepreneurs get compensated so highly - because they take on more risk.
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102 |
166 |
60.8k |
178 |
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| Oct 26 |
Poor people stay poor because they want a fast way to get rich.
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1.2k |
641 |
356.8k |
63 |
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| Oct 26 |
You'd be surprised how far you can get by only knowing what you want and not accepting anything else until you get it.
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789 |
233 |
151.6k |
118 |
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| Oct 26 |
Focusing on many things is a great way to fill your calendar and empty your bank account.
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253 |
219 |
92k |
89 |
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| Oct 25 |
People get stuck when they realize what they want costs way more than they expected - but they don't stop wanting it.
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125 |
130 |
55.2k |
117 |
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| Oct 25 |
You feel stuck because you figured out success costs way more than you expected - and you're not sure if you want it as much as the things you'd have to trade for it. And that's okay.
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333 |
215 |
174.5k |
183 |
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| Oct 25 |
If you're in your 20s and want to stand out, do what you say youâre going to do even if no one is there to give you applause.
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406 |
206 |
106.3k |
125 |
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| Oct 25 |
'Obsessed' is just a word people use to describe the price winners pay to win.
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211 |
176 |
65.8k |
78 |
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| Oct 25 |
You feel stuck because you think you deserve balance.
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150 |
189 |
73.4k |
53 |
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| Oct 24 |
The fastest way to stand out is to put in more effort than everyone else.
Show up early. Use names. Do your research ahead of time. Smile when you greet people. Do more than your share. Follow up quickly.
Work ethic is the universal currency of respect. And it costs you nothing but can give you everything.
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957 |
173 |
274.7k |
309 |
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| Oct 24 |
No matter what self help gurus say: if you need applause to do your work, youâre never going to win. You'll always lose to someone who sees the work as the reward.
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179 |
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49.1k |
163 |
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| Oct 24 |
The average American is overweight, divorced, and in debt.
It's okay to feel like you don't fit in when that's what fitting in means.
Some clubs aren't worth the cost of admission.
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58k |
182 |
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| Oct 24 |
Our fantasies are just reality without the downside.
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84 |
108 |
37.9k |
52 |
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| Oct 24 |
Just because you feel like shit doesn't mean you need to act like shit, treat other people like shit, or treat yourself like shit.
I think separating our feelings from how we behave is a sign of maturity, which has almost nothing to do with how old you are, only how skilled.
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438 |
201 |
81.5k |
277 |
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| Oct 24 |
People will judge you for failing.
People will judge you for succeeding.
People will judge you for not trying.
Criticism is guaranteed.
So you might as well get criticized for going after what you want.
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594 |
287 |
118.7k |
204 |
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| Oct 23 |
More dreams die from a lack of courage than a lack of talent.
More dreams die from a lack of focus than a lack of talent.
More dreams die from a lack of toughness than a lack of talent.
Our dreams die not because of our lack of potential, but our lack of action despite it.
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496 |
135 |
382k |
274 |
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| Oct 23 |
You must first become misunderstood before you can become great.
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3.6k |
470 |
217 |
81k |
64 |
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| Oct 23 |
Most people die with 90% of their potential unused because they're unwilling to sacrifice their current self rather than their potential self.
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2k |
211 |
199 |
48.2k |
142 |
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| Oct 23 |
The only thing worse than breaking up with a bad business partner is not breaking up with a bad business partner.
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33.1k |
114 |
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| Oct 23 |
When your world is crumbling around you, the only thing you can do is the work.
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253 |
212 |
55.7k |
79 |
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| Oct 23 |
The older I get, the more I realize how few things you can do exceptionally well.
Which makes focusing, saying no, and ruthlessly prioritizing not a luxury but a requirement.
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213 |
54.3k |
176 |
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| Oct 23 |
Friendly reminder that you can feel terrible, have terrible circumstances, and still make the right decision.
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297 |
213 |
64.5k |
109 |
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| Oct 22 |
In the early days...
Mind-numbing boredom.
Physical exhaustion.
Social discomfort.
All expected prices of admission.
Onwards.
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112 |
48.2k |
126 |
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| Oct 22 |
If we lose the details, we lose it all.
- Walt Disney
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170 |
124 |
55.1k |
54 |
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| Oct 22 |
How to win:
Realize no one is coming to save you.
Take responsibility for your current position.
Be willing to sacrifice who you are for who you want to be.
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1.1k |
264 |
140.2k |
157 |
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| Oct 22 |
You're right. You had it harder. You started with less. Bad things happened to you.
But believing those things limit you prevents you from becoming an example to everyone else like you.
Be the one who had it worse but still did better.
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392 |
263 |
76.3k |
237 |
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| Oct 22 |
The fastest way to become confident is to build evidence.
Build yourself a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are.
Do so much volume that you don't have time to doubt whether you can do it or not.
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1.3k |
302 |
180.8k |
218 |
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| Oct 22 |
Itâs very hard to have a vision when you have bills to pay.
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1k |
523 |
433.5k |
59 |
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| Oct 21 |
Friendly reminder that feeling lost, anxious, and uncertain are good signs.
It means youâre pushing past what you know.
Theyâre called âgrowing painsâ for a reason.
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420 |
202 |
87.3k |
166 |
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| Oct 21 |
The fastest way to change your life is to get around people whose minimum standards are your life goals.
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1.6k |
280 |
229.4k |
104 |
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| Oct 21 |
Do the work tired. Do the work nervous. Do the work imperfectly. Do the work even when you don't feel like it.
Because no matter how bad you feel when you start, you know exactly how you'll feel when you finish.
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804 |
275 |
118.8k |
212 |
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| Oct 21 |
You have to risk looking broke to get rich.
You have to risk looking weak to get strong.
You have to risk looking desperate to get loved.
Egos hold back more dreams than failure and rejection ever will.
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6.6k |
814 |
243 |
145.5k |
203 |
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| Oct 20 |
Feeling stressed, angry, and frustrated isnât the problem.
Letting stress, anger, and frustration stop you from doing the things you know you should be doing is the problem.
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2k |
205 |
152 |
56.5k |
174 |
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| Oct 20 |
In the infinite game of business, there are no winners or losers, only players and quitters.
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221 |
157 |
62k |
92 |
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| Oct 20 |
It takes every child a different amount of time to grow up and learn how to separate how they feel from how they act.
And some children never grow up. They just get older.
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171 |
157 |
61.8k |
172 |
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| Oct 20 |
Deep down you already know what you should be doing.
Help more than you hate.
Create more than you complain.
Leave things better than you found them.
The secret to getting ahead is doing what everyone knows, but no one does.
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3.3k |
411 |
214 |
103.2k |
226 |
. |
| Oct 20 |
Losers blame others to feel better.
Winners blame themselves to get better.
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3.8k |
575 |
269 |
123.5k |
75 |
. |
| Oct 20 |
Most people die with 90% of their potential unused because they're afraid of sacrificing their current life rather than their potential life.
When youâre 85 years old and on your deathbed - youâre not gonna wish you played it âsafeâ.
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320 |
227 |
90.9k |
235 |
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| Oct 20 |
You canât say you want to be in the top .1% and not be willing to do things 999 out of 1000 arenât.
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3k |
270 |
210 |
97.2k |
99 |
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| Oct 20 |
Avoiding people who make it harder for you to achieve your goals is the highest form of self care.
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9.5k |
1.5k |
280 |
201.2k |
98 |
. |
| Oct 19 |
You can't get rich if you never risk losing money.
You can't get loved if you never risk getting rejected.
You can't get strong if you never risk getting injured.
The price of the life you want is the risks youâre avoiding.
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5.9k |
820 |
217 |
156.6k |
224 |
. |
| Oct 19 |
The best way to get new customers to do a really really really good job with your existing customers.
And if that doesnât work, you didnât put enough âreallyâs in front of âgood jobâ.
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104 |
125 |
47.7k |
184 |
. |
| Oct 19 |
The difference between your business and one 10x your size is: whatever big marketing push youâd make to launch something, they just do it all the time.
Volume negates luck.
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97 |
135 |
63.3k |
174 |
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| Oct 19 |
The difference between who you say you are and who you really are is the work you do when people are looking compared to the work that no one sees.
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2.3k |
253 |
135 |
96.1k |
147 |
. |
| Oct 19 |
The quality of my thinking is directly proportional to the quality of my sleep.
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4.1k |
317 |
226 |
100.7k |
79 |
. |
| Oct 18 |
The whole point of marketing is one thing: to gain trust. Because once someone trusts you, you donât need to do anything else besides keep it.
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2.9k |
294 |
171 |
87.2k |
142 |
. |
| Oct 18 |
Do so much work it would be unreasonable that you donât succeed.
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11.6k |
1.6k |
277 |
372.7k |
64 |
. |
| Oct 18 |
One of the most painful parts of entrepreneurship - that breaks most people - is when you have to suffer today for mistakes you would never make today but you made years ago, but come due with interest.
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2.1k |
145 |
171 |
74.9k |
202 |
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| Oct 18 |
I know itâs hard for you to believe, but someone really can put in 10,000 times more work than you, but they can.
and thatâs how than can achieve 10,000x the outcome.
output = volume x leverage
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208 |
157 |
60.1k |
195 |
. |
| Oct 18 |
Youâre behind because youâre in a rush, and youâre in a rush because you feel behind. And you feel behind because you're in a different season than the people you're comparing yourself to.
You're not behind. You're just early.
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6.1k |
710 |
199 |
140.6k |
228 |
. |
| Oct 17 |
The fastest way to change your life is to change your environment.
It's hard to become the best version of yourself when you're surrounded by people who are the worst version of themselves.
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4.9k |
643 |
213 |
110.5k |
191 |
. |
| Oct 17 |
Switching strategies every month guarantees you'll always be a beginner.
Mastery comes from better, not new.
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3.4k |
311 |
204 |
88.7k |
109 |
. |
| Oct 17 |
You already know what to do. You just havenât done it enough times yet.
Success isn't some magic list nobody knows. It's an obvious list nobody does.
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4.1k |
487 |
259 |
85.2k |
150 |
. |
| Oct 17 |
"Beside death, all failure is psychological" - Jocko
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6.8k |
856 |
243 |
196.4k |
52 |
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| Oct 17 |
The difference between who you are and who you could be is the important and not urgent work you can't do on a meeting and can only do alone.
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1.6k |
118 |
117 |
56.8k |
141 |
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| Oct 16 |
The most dangerous person in the world is the one who continues to show up every day even when the rewards are not guaranteed. Your potential is determined by the amount of uncertainty youâre able to tolerate and how long you can tolerate it for.
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12.2k |
1.9k |
295 |
289.4k |
246 |
. |
| Oct 16 |
Most people die with 90% of their potential unused because they're afraid of a few years of hard conversations, working on stuff you have no idea how to do yet, and doing way more boring work than you thought you were capable of.
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4.3k |
502 |
201 |
109.4k |
229 |
. |
| Oct 16 |
If you want to live an exceptional life, then you canât expect to take the same actions, live the same lifestyle, or tolerate the same standards as everyone else. By definition, you must be the exception.
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5.3k |
762 |
269 |
132.9k |
204 |
. |
| Oct 16 |
Your inability to work without reward for an extended period of time will hurt your potential far more than your lack of talent.
Before you can become exceptional, you must first become consistent.
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8.6k |
1.1k |
363 |
498.5k |
198 |
. |
| Oct 16 |
Whenever Iâm going through something hard, I try to ask myself:
âWhat story do I want to tell at the end of this?â
And then try to act accordingly.
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3.5k |
437 |
178 |
86.5k |
149 |
. |
| Oct 15 |
The easiest way to spot a novice is they optimize for optionality. They hop from opportunity to opportunity, always chasing the shiniest thing. But all the money is in going all in, not hedging your bets.
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1.5k |
146 |
141 |
55k |
204 |
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| Oct 15 |
The size of your potential is determined by how many good opportunities you're willing to pass up while pursuing something great.
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282 |
167 |
76.6k |
129 |
. |
| Oct 15 |
For anyone who follows me whoâs into fitness/equipment. Coop runs the best YT channel for gym equipment reviews. Heâs new to X and you should check out his stuff. 0 affiliation. Just love his videos & have benefitted from them.
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2.2k |
48 |
75 |
393.4k |
231 |
. |
| Oct 15 |
The cost of wanting to be liked by everyone is that you are respected by no one.
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4.5k |
539 |
241 |
119.7k |
80 |
. |
| Oct 15 |
If you are consistent, you may not win. If you arenât consistent, you definitely wonât win.
|
4.4k |
468 |
343 |
103.4k |
91 |
. |
| Oct 15 |
A sign of maturity: separating how you feel from how you act.
|
11.3k |
1.8k |
320 |
267.8k |
61 |
. |
| Oct 14 |
You underestimate the amount of times you need to say ânoâ to build something great.
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2.2k |
242 |
165 |
66k |
84 |
. |
| Oct 14 |
Someone can have your best interests at heart and also give you terrible advice.
|
2.5k |
287 |
218 |
87.6k |
80 |
. |
| Oct 14 |
You can measure how successful a person will be by how they respond when things go wrong.
|
3.8k |
398 |
271 |
97.2k |
89 |
. |
| Oct 14 |
Relationship advice Iâd give to my younger self:
- Pick someone youâd go to war with
- Judge off your worst days, not your best days
- Be willing to make trades (low expectations, high commitment)
- During fights, remember: youâre on the same team
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3.2k |
273 |
172 |
119.6k |
247 |
. |
| Oct 14 |
People underestimate how much effort it takes to stick with one thing rather than jumping to the next shiny opportunity every 6 months.
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8.9k |
948 |
382 |
246k |
135 |
. |
| Oct 13 |
The person you want to become doesnât entertain the opportunities youâre getting distracted by.
|
4.3k |
473 |
179 |
107.6k |
95 |
. |
| Oct 13 |
Reminder: Just because you feel like shit doesn't mean you need to act like shit, treat other people like shit, or treat yourself like shit.
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4.6k |
497 |
210 |
113.4k |
140 |
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