Quantity: you take lots of shots; Quality: you take thoughtful shots; Consistency: you keep shooting for a long time; Feedback: you take better shots over time; Luck: you get a few favorable bounces. Ray Dalio
"Once you identify a problem, don’t tolerate it. Tolerating a problem has the same consequences as failing to identify it. Whether you tolerate it because: you believe it cannot be solved; you don’t care enough to solve it; you can’t muster enough of whatever it takes to solve it; you don’t have the will to [...]
The river might not necessarily be the threat you think it is.
When your mind tells you that you're exhausted, fried, totally tapped out... you're really only 40 percent done. You still have 60 percent left in your tank. That's the 40 Percent Rule, a concept popularized by Dave Goggins through Jesse Itzler's book, Living With a Seal. The premise is simple: When your mind tells you [...]
"New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is not an outcome, it is a process. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results. Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. The same way that money multiplies through compound interest, the effects [...]
"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your identity. This is why habits are crucial. They cast repeated votes for being a certain type of person. Build habits [...]
