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So the goal isn't to get good ideas; the goal is to get bad ideas. Because once you get enough bad ideas, then some good ones have to show up.
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Morning routine Every morning, Justin does 20 minutes of Transcendental Meditation followed by outdoor kettlebell swings with 24 kg (53 lbs). I do exactly the same thing 2 to 3 times per week, aiming for 50 to 75 repetitions of two-handed swings per The 4-Hour Body.
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If a narrative isn't working, well then, really, why are you using it? The narrative isn't done to you; the narrative is something that you choose. Once we can dig deep and find a different narrative, then we ought to be able to change the game.
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Estar ocupado suele ser un pretexto para evitar unas pocas acciones incomodas que son las que de verdad importan.
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hope is not a strategy. luck is not a factor. fear is not an option.
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Morning pages don't need to solve your problems. They simply need to get them out of your head, where they'll otherwise bounce around all day like a bullet ricocheting inside your skull. Could bitching and moaning on paper for 5 minutes each morning change your life? As crazy as it seems, I believe the answer is yes.
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The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
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Question Cal Suggests Asking People More Often "What are some of the choices you've made that made you who you are?"
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Not all taste buds are located on the tongue. Some are found on the roof of the mouth and in the throat.... Taste receptors are also found in the lining of the intestine, suggesting that our concept of the sense of taste should include these chemical-sensing systems.
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I didn't survive, I prepared." Nelson Mandela's answer when Tony asked him, "Sir, how did you survive all those years in prison?"
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Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things--the people on the edge see them first." --Kurt Vonnegut"
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Sometimes, you think you have to figure out your life's purpose, but you really just need some macadamia nuts and a cold fucking shower.
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I have come to learn that part of the business strategy is to solve the simplest, easiest, and most valuable problem. And actually, in fact, part of doing strategy is to solve the easiest problem, so part of the reason why you work on software and bits is that atoms [physical products] are actually very difficult.
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Which of these highest-value activities is the easiest for me to do?
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The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right." --Neil Gaiman, University of the Arts commencement speech"
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Brene Brown
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You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. To"
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The 4-Hour Workweek Films: The Bourne Identity, Shaun of the Dead "Flow" album: Gran Hotel Buenos Aires by Federico Aubele "Wake-up" album: One-X by Three Days Grace The 4-Hour Body Films: Casino Royale, Snatch "Flow" album: Luciano Essential Mix (2009, Ibiza) featuring DeadMau5 "Wake-up" album: Cold Day Memory by Sevendust The 4-Hour Chef Films: Babe (Yes, the pig movie. It was the first thing that popped up for free under Amazon Prime. I ..
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But the truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first].
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My answer is: Be clear that your ladder is leaning against the right building.
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We are simultaneously gods and worms."--Abraham Maslow"
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Workout A All exercises, except for kettlebell swings, are performed for 10 repetitions using a 13-Repetition Max2 (RM) weight. 1. Heavy dumbbell front squat to press (ass to heels)--squeeze glutes at bottom for one second before rising 2. One-arm, one-leg DB row 3. Walking lunges with sprinter knee raise 4. Wide-grip push-ups3 5. Two-arm kettlebell swings x 20-25 Repeat sequence 2-4 times. Workout
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You are forced to shed artificial constraints, like shedding a skin, to realize that you had the ability to renegotiate your reality all along. It just takes practice.
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Workout B 1. One-leg Romanian Deadlift (RDL)4 (10-12 reps each side) 2. Chin-up (four-second negative lowering portion only) x 10 or until you cannot control descent5 3. One-leg hamstring curls on a Swiss ball--6-12 reps each leg 4. Plank for abs (and gluteus medius on sides) - Progression: start with 30 seconds front, 30 seconds each side, working up to 90 seconds maximum 5. Reverse hyper x 15-25 Repeat sequence 2-4 times. See
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Greatness comes from humble beginnings; it comes from grunt work. It means you're the least important person in the room--until you change that with results.
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If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.
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What we fear doing is usually what we most need to do.
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In negotiation, he who cares the least wins." He"
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Success" need not be complicated. Just start with making 1,000 people extremely, extremely happy."
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Sooner or later, parents have to take responsibility for putting their kids into a system that is indebting them and teaching them to be cogs in an economy that doesn't want cogs anymore. Parents get to decide . . . [and] from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., those kids are getting homeschooled. And they're either getting home-schooled and watching The Flintstones, or they're getting homeschooled and learning something useful.
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How to thrive in an unknowable future? Choose the plan with the most options. The best plan is the one that lets you change your plans.
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No idea is so big that you can't take the first step. If the first step seems too hard, make it simpler. And don't worry again if the idea is bad. This is all practice.
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11--What if I could only subtract to solve problems? From 2008 to 2009, I began to ask myself, "What if I could only subtract to solve problems?" when advising startups. Instead of answering, "What should we do?" I tried first to hone in on answering, "What should we simplify?" For instance, I always wanted to tighten the conversion fishing net (the percentage of visitors who sign up or buy) before driving a ton of traffic to one of my port..
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When you make a business, you're making a little world where you control the laws. It doesn't matter how things are done everywhere else. In your little world, you can make it like it should be.
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I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. --HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE, American editor and journalist; first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize Everything popular is wrong. --OSCAR WILDE, The Importance of Being Earnest
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. --RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)
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The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right." --Neil Gaiman, University"
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Why aim for a mere $100K when I can try to build a billion-dollar business?" Two reasons: 1) Aiming for the latter from the outset often leads to neglecting the high-touch 1,000 true fans who act as your most powerful unpaid marketing force for "crossing the chasm" into the mainstream. If you don't build that initial army, you're likely to fail. 2) Do you really want to build and manage a big company? For most people, it's not a fun experie..
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You do not have to sacrifice the integrity of your art for a respectable income. You just need to create a great experience and charge enough.
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Cincinnatus.
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If it's not ready, we're not going to send it out, and just hope they don't notice that it's not that good. We'll fix it. We'll do something else, but don't try to slip by something that you know is below the standard.' You
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Hold the standard. Ask for help. Fix it. Do whatever's necessary. But don't cheat.
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How do you know if you have A-players on your project team? You know it if they don't just accept the strategy you hand them. They should suggest modifications to the plan based on their closeness to the details.
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When you complain, nobody wants to help you,
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