Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work.
I only really want to do things for their own sake. That is one definition of art. Whether it’s business, exercise, romance, friendship, whatever. I think the meaning of life its to do things for their own sake. Ironically, when you things for their own sake, you create your best work. Even if you’re just trying to make money, you will actually be the most successful.
Tools and leverage create this disconnection between inputs and outputs. The higher the creativity component of a profession, the more likely it is to have disconnected inputs and outputs. If you’re looking at professions where your inputs and your outputs are highly connected, it’s going to be very hard to create wealth and make wealth for yourself in that process.
Status is a zero-sum game. It’s a very old game … And for number three to move to number two, number two has to move out of that slot.
An old boss once warned: “You’ll never be rich since you’re obviously smart, and someone will always offer you a job that’s just good enough.”
Retirement is when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow. When today is complete, in and of itself, you’re retired.
What we wish to be true clouds our perception of what is true. Suffering is the moment when we can no longer deny reality.
It’s only after you’re bored you have the great ideas. It’s never going to be when you’re stressed, or busy, running around or rushed. Make the time.
Almost all biases are time-saving heuristics. For important decision, discard memory and identity, and focus on the problem.
Charisma is the ability to project confidence and love at the same time.
If you cannot decide, the answer is no. And the reason is, modern society is full of options.
If you’re evenly split on a difficult decision, take the path more painful in the short term.
By definition, if the two are even and one has short-term pain, that path has long-term gain associated. With the law of compound interest, long-term gain is what you want to go toward.
As long as I have a book in my hand, I don’t feel like I’m wasting time. – Charlie Munger
Memory and identity are burdens from the past preventing us from living freely in the present.
Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
The only way to actually get peace on the inside is by giving up this idea of problems.
I have another hack I use for minor annoyances. When they happen, a part of me will instantly react negatively. But I’ve learned to mentally ask myself, “What is the positive in this situation?”
Inspiration is perishable. When you have inspiration, act right then and there.
If there’s something you want to do later, do it now. There is no later.
Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now, and we will never be here again. – Homer, The Iliad