| Oct 13 |
It takes everyone a different amount of time to realize the work never stops being hard, boring, and unsexy. You can dress it up or dress it down, but at the end of the day, the work still needs doing.
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| Oct 13 |
The price of wanting to be good at everything is being good at nothing.
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211.5k |
71 |
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| Oct 09 |
If you add â00â to the number of repetitions you think itâll take to get where you want, youâre on the right track.
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130k |
115 |
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| Oct 08 |
If Iâm feeling wild, sometimes Iâll just call someone without texting them first.
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145.1k |
81 |
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| Oct 07 |
When selling to businesses, never worry about your price tag. Businesses arenât price sensitive, theyâre ROI sensitive. Focus on the return and the price & profit will take care of itself.
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| Oct 06 |
how long you mourn has no bearing on how much you loved
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55 |
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| Oct 06 |
Sometimes mental toughness isnât about pushing harder, but choosing which pain is worth enduring.
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| Oct 05 |
The two favorite small moments of my day are:
1) when I do my top sets for legs, the world goes quiet.
2) when I put in my ear plugs just before going to sleep, the world goes quiet.
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61 |
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184 |
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| Oct 05 |
The simplest explanation for hiring a team:
You can outwork anyone but you canât outwork everyone.
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125 |
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70.7k |
99 |
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| Oct 04 |
If itâs doable, then you can do it. Thereâs nothing more to winning than that.
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332 |
200 |
98k |
78 |
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| Oct 04 |
You can change your entire bloodline the moment you realize: what you do next always matters more than what you did last.
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235.3k |
121 |
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| Oct 03 |
đŻ
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24 |
88.7k |
1 |
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| Oct 03 |
Never let unaccomplished people judge your accomplishments.
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587 |
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128.5k |
59 |
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| Oct 03 |
Messing up stuff that matters is the cost of figuring out things worth learning.
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80 |
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| Oct 02 |
You can beat 99% of people if you can master the shame of rejection, the boredom of repetition, and pain of feedback.
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643.3k |
117 |
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| Oct 02 |
Nothing costs more in life than what you donât know yet but should.
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391 |
188 |
91.3k |
67 |
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| Oct 02 |
Do so much volume it would be unreasonable for you to fail.
Study each success and see what sets it apart from all the failures.
Repeat the winning parts even more times.
Don't change your mind before you let compounding - compound.
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512 |
188 |
143.8k |
232 |
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| Oct 02 |
You donât need a vision board to get rich.
Follow the law of action rather than the law of attraction.
Solve problems for other people that they value and can pay you more for, then do it as much or many times as possible.
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323 |
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99.8k |
225 |
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| Oct 02 |
How to build a hugely valuable business:
"Find world class people and get out of their way."
The problem is, world class people dont want to work for you because you're not good enough, you have no track record, and they dont believe in your mission.
You work to deserve them.
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91 |
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52.5k |
279 |
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| Oct 01 |
The reason you donât have what you want is because you're not doing enough, your standards are too low, and you haven't given time...time.
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488 |
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90.8k |
138 |
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| Oct 01 |
The fastest way to become successful is to associate with people more successful than you. This results in some of the fastest learning and behavior change you can experience.
The problem is...they wont want anything to do with you.
So you have to find ONE thing you're more successful than them at, and give that thing freely. Not at cost. Not tit for tat. Freely. Without expectation. It's an unspoken code of people who are higher up - they're almost all givers. The easiest way to see someone who is "out of place" is to spot the taker. Spot the person always angling.
Anyways once you do actually provide value (help them do something good they couldn't do before or help them avoid something bad they used to have to deal with, or get the same outcome they're used to faster or cheaper)...they'll let you hang around.
Then you learn as much as you possibly can and try and be the best in that group at EVERYTHING. And when that happens they'll see you as a leader. You won't even have to say it. The power dynamics will just shift.
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612 |
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260.9k |
1k |
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| Oct 01 |
The easiest way to get rich is you solve a problem that everyone has, but nobody wants to do.
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487 |
308 |
170.5k |
93 |
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| Oct 01 |
This quote fundamentally changed my life:
"To understand is to forgive" - Pascal
It's hard to hate someone up close. Including yourself.
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138 |
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| Oct 01 |
You don't get what you deserve, you get what you decide you deserve. But you gotta decide.
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596 |
277 |
105.3k |
90 |
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| Oct 01 |
A path to living a life with no regrets.
Start with your eulogy and work backwards.
500 words shows you how most things matter little, and how the little things matter the most.
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177 |
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| Sep 30 |
You canât both have a big life and small problems.
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166 |
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57.4k |
50 |
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| Sep 30 |
No one ever really quits. They just settle for something different than they set out for once they realize the price of what they want is more than they expected.
Then, they justify it.
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324 |
200 |
77.2k |
186 |
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| Sep 30 |
When you go for something âlike your life depends on itâ - you tend to get it.
So most of life is just figuring out the thing you really want.
And once you do, donât hold back.
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333 |
186 |
71.5k |
178 |
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| Sep 30 |
In your 20s, you don't need to find yourself. You need to build yourself.
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587 |
328 |
135.1k |
73 |
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| Sep 30 |
Simple not easy advice on getting rich:
Step 1: Do a lot of stuff.
Step 2: Watch what works.
Step 3: Do more of that.
People typically either skip step 1, or define "a lot" as < 1000 times.
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195 |
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| Sep 30 |
Poor people suffer. Rich people suffer. Single people suffer. Married people suffer. Entrepreneurs suffer. Employees suffer.
Suffering is a fixed cost of life.
So pick a life worth suffering for.
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1.6k |
391 |
240.9k |
197 |
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| Sep 29 |
Addiction is a narrowing of the things that bring you joy until nothing is left.
Happiness is the opposite.
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108 |
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| Sep 29 |
If you keep trying hard enough and long enough, at a certain point, people will just give up trying to stop you.
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112 |
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| Sep 29 |
It's astonishing how far being relentless, unyielding, and indefatigable will take you. The world overestimates the lazy genius and underestimates the simpleton who never stops.
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187 |
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177 |
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| Sep 29 |
A lot of pain can be avoided once you accept that no matter what you do, no matter how much you live by your values, you will not be liked by everyone. It matters far less that you get hate, then who you get hate from. Being loved by a fool is not an accomplishment.
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240 |
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266 |
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| Sep 29 |
Not feeling your best doesnât mean you still canât show up and win.
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199 |
245 |
60.7k |
67 |
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| Sep 29 |
You'll always have good reasons to not try, not risk, and not keep going. You just need to have better ones to ignore those reasons.
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236 |
54.6k |
132 |
. |
| Sep 28 |
There is absolutely no point in trying to be liked by people who want you to be different than you are.
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353 |
237 |
86.7k |
103 |
. |
| Sep 28 |
Super tactical wealth advice:
1) Divide current income by 6000 (that's your waking hourly rate)
2) Divide your expenses by the same (your waking burn rate)
You CAN get really rich trading time for money. You just trade it for more than your currently avg & never stop trading up.
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187 |
107 |
198.7k |
284 |
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| Sep 28 |
You can beat almost anyone at anything if you're willing to fail twenty times in a row, look stupid in front of people you care about, and keep going long after it stopped being convenient.
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1.3k |
304 |
200.8k |
189 |
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| Sep 28 |
Courage is in far shorter supply than just about any other human trait.
The willingness to be disliked for what you believe to be true.
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309 |
208 |
76.5k |
136 |
. |
| Sep 28 |
You should spend 100% of discretionary income and time on learning how to earn more until you have the income you want. Then, do whatever you want.
Fastest results come from wanting less. Second fastest come from learning more.
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600 |
275 |
229.2k |
228 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
The best returns on $ I've gotten in order:
1) Fastest internet connection possible
2) Multiple computer screens
3) Multiple chargers around house
4) Ear plugs, black out curtains, cooling mattress
5) Room temp control
6) Best chair & working desk
7) Fastest computer for needs
8) Air filters
9) Pre-made meals
10) Laundry Service
11) House cleaning
12) Lawn care
13) Rideshare
14) Neighborhood off highway with good stuff & people in walking distance
15) Home gym setup
16) Flying Semi-private
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720 |
267 |
848.5k |
494 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
If you want to have an AI enabled business, you must first start with a data enabled business.
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92 |
122 |
60.9k |
94 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
Wealth is made by doing boring things for an extended period in more volume than any sane person would find reasonable.
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9.9k |
1.1k |
288 |
269.1k |
119 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
Whenever someone says, âitâs not about the money,â itâs almost alwaysâŚabout the money.
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265 |
278 |
95.9k |
86 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
You only have to get rich once.
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8.5k |
649 |
373 |
196.8k |
31 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
Most people are poor. Most people behave the same way. So the game of wealth is more about unlearning what everyone else does, then keeping what's left.
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305 |
227 |
85.1k |
152 |
. |
| Sep 27 |
Inconvenience, inefficiency, and instability are the invisible taxes of poverty.
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154 |
108 |
60.8k |
80 |
. |
| Sep 26 |
To become more, you have to need less.
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4.7k |
507 |
215 |
119.2k |
38 |
. |
| Sep 26 |
If you're willing to die for something, than you'll certainly be willing to work really hard for a long time for it. Which should explain why some people are willing to work 24/7 to make their dreams a reality and others aren't. It's not discipline - it's purpose. Some things are important enough they're worth suffering for.
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3.3k |
352 |
182 |
145.7k |
326 |
. |
| Sep 26 |
You cannot heal in the same environment that got you sick. If you can't change your environment, change your environment.
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482 |
281 |
178.4k |
121 |
. |
| Sep 26 |
There are some evils that can only be known once experienced - which is why humans keep making the same mistakes throughout history.
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124 |
176 |
64.5k |
132 |
. |
| Sep 26 |
The cost of figuring it out is the amount of times you try and donât.
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2.2k |
186 |
131 |
59.8k |
69 |
. |
| Sep 25 |
Do whatever you have to do to get wherever you wanna go and donât let anyone tell you youâre not good enough, your idea sucks, or itâs not gonna work.
They didnât believe in their own ideas a long time ago. No reason for you to start believing in them now.
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3.6k |
399 |
162 |
88.3k |
257 |
. |
| Sep 25 |
Eulogies typically only talk about two things:
1) Service
2) Character
If we begin with the end in mind, it tells us that we should spend our time solving hard problems to serve others - and in so doing - become the person worthy of solving them.
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1.2k |
100 |
100 |
49.6k |
246 |
. |
| Sep 25 |
The earlier you start, the less you have to lose and the more you have to gain by taking your shot.
When you start out with nothing, you have the one that matters most: the highest risk to return ratio possible. Nothing to lose. Everything to gain.
It never gets better. Shoot.
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203 |
159 |
64.3k |
279 |
. |
| Sep 25 |
The skepticism, doubt, and pushback you get from your friends & family when you start is just preparation for the thousands of strangers who will do that for you once you succeed.
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199 |
174 |
57.9k |
183 |
. |
| Sep 25 |
No matter what your goal is, you will suffer to achieve it. So pick a goal big enough itâs worth suffering for.
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24.3k |
4.3k |
394 |
485.2k |
111 |
. |
| Sep 24 |
We all become like the people we expose ourselves to. You just get to choose which parts.
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1.6k |
123 |
155 |
51.7k |
89 |
. |
| Sep 24 |
You'll learn 100x more about an enemy if you ignore 100% of what they say and just look at where they spend their time and their money. The rest is deception.
This also applies to friends.
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5.1k |
487 |
181 |
120.7k |
189 |
. |
| Sep 24 |
If you keep at it long enough, luck becomes skill.
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4.1k |
447 |
237 |
84.1k |
50 |
. |
| Sep 24 |
You have absolutely no obligation to explain yourself to people who don't want you to win.
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4.9k |
589 |
263 |
108.8k |
90 |
. |
| Sep 24 |
You are not obligated to give anyone a second chance.
|
3.1k |
275 |
279 |
86.5k |
53 |
. |
| Sep 23 |
If you always feel like a victim, itâs probably because the main character in your story is someone else.
|
3.1k |
294 |
167 |
86.2k |
105 |
. |
| Sep 23 |
There are two success paths in life:
1) Do nothing. Want nothing.
2) Pick a direction and ride the chaos as long as you can until nature finds your equal.
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5k |
430 |
195 |
109k |
155 |
. |
| Sep 23 |
You can get a surprisingly good personal life map - without of the influence of others - by simply thinking about what you want said at your funeral then reversing it into the present.
It's an astonishingly strong razor for cutting the bullshit out of your life.
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2.3k |
215 |
132 |
69.8k |
264 |
. |
| Sep 23 |
You'll never eat a meal so big you never need to eat again.
You'll never sleep so good you never need to sleep again.
You'll never accomplish so big, you'll never dream again.
There's nothing wrong with you: satisfaction is always temporary.
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8.9k |
843 |
263 |
161.4k |
243 |
. |
| Sep 23 |
It's amazing how much you can accomplish if you start without needing anyone else's opinion.
|
3.8k |
385 |
277 |
90.3k |
92 |
. |
| Sep 22 |
The biggest decisions you make in your life are actually deciding who gets to influence your decision making.
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4.7k |
540 |
172 |
156.3k |
109 |
. |
| Sep 22 |
This always gets me:
What are you so afraid of losing when nothing in this world belongs to you?
-Marcus Aurelius
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21.9k |
3k |
356 |
456.4k |
115 |
. |
| Sep 22 |
Theyâre not mad at you. Theyâre just taking it out on you.
Big difference.
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2.5k |
177 |
181 |
83.6k |
75 |
. |
| Sep 22 |
What you want most is worth risking it for.
|
2.5k |
225 |
245 |
85.4k |
43 |
. |
| Sep 21 |
Everyone starts as a victim - some people stay there longer than others. And some people never stop.
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2.6k |
202 |
148 |
107.7k |
100 |
. |
| Sep 21 |
My mother died in an unexpected accident at her home on Friday night in Baltimore.
I want to take a brief moment to honor her life.
She was admitted into the first ever female class at Johnâs Hopkins (a huge accomplishment, because before that, it was men only).
She ran a private eye surgery practice for years.
She went to Africa multiple times to operate on entire villages to literally heal the blind.
She helped anyone who didnât have money - despite never having much of her own.
She gave her life to Christ when she was 42, and never looked back. She lived in Godâs grace.
For the few who knew her, you know she was incredibly intelligent, kind, and unyielding in her faith and values.
She also loved me fiercely despite her difficulty showing it.
But she was always proud. Always available. Always genuine. And truly did not care what anyone thought besides Jesus.
AlsoâŚ
She was a great stay at home movie date. Weâd get double features on the weekends. And Iâd get to pick one candy.
She was a great cook and liberal with her use of butter. I only found out as an adult that the proper way to make Mac n cheese was not simply âmelt a stick of butter then add noodles & powder.â This method also applied to eggs, steak, most other things worth eating.
She could hold her liquor like a champ and was always down for a good time.
On her good days - she was honestly wonderful to be around.
That being said, she was also a terrible driver. She was disorganized, clumsy, could not remember where she put her keys, wallet, phone, shoes or whatever she was looking for - ever.
And sheâd argue about anything.
And that was Florence.
No matter what you thought of her, she was consistent. And she bent for no one.
Florence was a ball of goodness that struggled to deal with the world around her. She suffered her own demons. And near the end was in great mental and physical pain.
Now that she has passed, her pain has ended. And she can finally reunite with her Creator.
I hope her worldview is right and she is welcomed home in His arms with a message weâd all want: âwell done my good and faithful servant.â
Maman, I will miss you.
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211.5k |
9.2k |
14.5k |
7.44M |
2.2k |
. |
| Sep 21 |
You probably don't need smaller goals, just fewer.
|
1.9k |
104 |
167 |
76.2k |
50 |
. |
| Sep 21 |
There is no benefit to talking about problems you cannot solve. Sometimes you just need to get kicked in the nuts and move on.
|
2.4k |
192 |
165 |
84.8k |
126 |
. |
| Sep 21 |
The difference between a smart person and a dumb person isn't whether they make a mistake or not, but how many times they need to repeat the same one to learn.
|
2.6k |
227 |
210 |
85.7k |
159 |
. |
| Sep 21 |
Three non obvious things I look for with talent:
1) Did my life get easier/quieter since they came in?
2) Do they take things on without being asked?
3) Can they think past first order consequences?
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2.2k |
164 |
135 |
101.8k |
198 |
. |
| Sep 20 |
Itâs hard to beat a man who feels he deserves nothing but is willing to endure anything.
|
3.9k |
338 |
161 |
112.8k |
88 |
. |
| Sep 20 |
If youâre not making money, itâs because:
You donât know how to solve a valuable problem.
Or
You can but no one knows about you.
That's it.
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7.8k |
747 |
277 |
206.8k |
142 |
. |
| Sep 20 |
If youâre under 30 and have no responsibilities, I recommend working as many hours per week as humanly possible.
Youâll never be able to work this hard again. And the compounding effects of a few years can set up your life for decades.
|
16.4k |
1.4k |
337 |
565.1k |
236 |
. |
| Sep 20 |
If you're having trouble converting traffic, add, don't remove steps. Plan for 3 calls instead of 1. Add a sales letter, not just a few bullets. Expand the length until you get your conversions, then cut it back down to increase the percentages.
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979 |
59 |
105 |
54.7k |
246 |
. |
| Sep 20 |
When in doubt, action will always give you more data than doing nothing.
|
4.7k |
524 |
251 |
105.2k |
72 |
. |
| Sep 20 |
Next time prospects ghost you, instead of sending a generic message, try sending this. It has higher response rates than almost anything else. https://t.co/HndU3Gp58L
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10k |
314 |
297 |
664.1k |
166 |
. |
| Sep 19 |
Many people switch careers because they think the career should be without pain, discomfort, or inconvenience. But if you don't have those things, you don't have growth. Which is also a reason people change careers. So either you have pain and grow, or you don't have pain and seek growth. No way around it.
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1.4k |
122 |
97 |
79.1k |
307 |
. |
| Sep 19 |
Bad partnerships are expensive lessons pretending to be opportunities.
|
1.7k |
133 |
119 |
63.4k |
70 |
. |
| Sep 19 |
Productivity comes from all the meetings you decline.
Profit comes from all the distractions you don't add.
Peace comes from all the people you remove.
In a world that preaches addition, success becomes subtraction.
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2k |
227 |
165 |
62.7k |
215 |
. |
| Sep 19 |
You can beat most people at anything by just showing up after they quit.
Which is occasionally week 3.
Sometimes day 3.
Commonly hour 3.
Mostly attempt 3.
Pick yourself up and do it again.
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3.2k |
300 |
190 |
72.9k |
189 |
. |
| Sep 19 |
You don't need a mentor.
You're allowed to:
Fire yourself up
Create your own deadlines
Hold yourself accountable
Do more than anyone asked you to
Make yourself proud
If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, start with yourself.
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4.5k |
492 |
261 |
101.9k |
237 |
. |
| Sep 19 |
You can beat most people at anything if you just don't quit when it gets boring.
Not hard. Boring.
That's where everyone else stops.
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11.8k |
1.4k |
345 |
243.4k |
132 |
. |
| Sep 18 |
Its a better use of time to ask successful people what they gave up in order to be successful rather than what they did. You already spend all your hours. You just need to spend them differently. Which means you need to stop doing the wrong things before you can make room for the right ones.
|
2k |
203 |
120 |
80.9k |
292 |
. |
| Sep 18 |
Champions train when they don't feel like it.
That's literally the only difference.
Not talent. Not genetics. Not luck.
Just showing up when showing up sucks.
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3.2k |
367 |
188 |
77.1k |
158 |
. |
| Sep 18 |
People want to be mentally tougher but don't define what that actually means.
Toughness: The amount of bad stuff you can take before you change how you act. (Fuse)
Fortitude: The amount your behavior changes from a bad thing once it changes. (Intensity)
Resilience: The amount of time it takes you to return to baseline after a bad thing changes how you act. (Rebound)
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1.6k |
156 |
126 |
75.8k |
368 |
. |
| Sep 18 |
Indecision kills more dreams than bad decisions.
|
4.3k |
451 |
282 |
109.1k |
48 |
. |
| Sep 18 |
You're going to look lame, stupid, cringe, not cool. This is not something you avoid. It is a fixed cost of success. It's the first test you have to pass to get what you want. You need to want what you want more than you care about other people think about what you want or how you get it. You have to learn to trade their approval for your own.
|
4.8k |
560 |
240 |
168.8k |
345 |
. |
| Sep 17 |
The sun will eventually expand and consume Earth.
Every company, country, and accomplishment will be vaporized.
And you're afraid of what your friends will think if you post content.
|
3.3k |
280 |
251 |
101.6k |
182 |
. |
| Sep 17 |
A lot of the pressure around business disappears when you remember the game has been going on since before you were alive and will continue until after you die. The players change, the game stays the same. No one wins. We only play.
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1.8k |
184 |
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You don't have imposter syndrome. You just haven't done enough yet. You can get rid of the feeling by doing so much work - so many repetitions - that you lose all excitement around the thing you feel like an imposter about today. And once you do, you'll realize it wasn't a syndrome, it was just a symptom of insufficient volume.
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Everyone wants passive income.
No one wants to actively work for a decade to get it.
The "passive" part is the reward, not the strategy.
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