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  • The people who aren’t willing to pay for education don’t realize that they pay for it either way.
    They either pay in money or pay in time.
    (They pay with the one they value least.) (View Tweet)
  • Monday Reminder:
    You learn more by doing than you do by reading, planning, or talking about doing. (View Tweet)
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  • The earlier you are in your career the more general the advice you can benefit from.
    The later in your career, the more specific it has to be to benefit.
    In the beginning, you just need to take action.
    Later on, you need to carefully pick which action to take. (View Tweet)
  • Everything worth doing is hard.
    And the more worth doing it is, the harder it is.
    The greater the payoff, the greater the hardship. (View Tweet)
  • If it’s not gonna change your life, it shouldn’t change your mood. (View Tweet)
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  • If you keep making the same mistake over and over, the mistake isn’t the problem. You are. (View Tweet)
  • No one’s ever ready.
    That doesn’t mean you don’t start.
    Starting is the only thing that proves you’re ready. (View Tweet)
  • Just because you have free time doesn’t mean anyone who asks for it is entitled to it. (View Tweet)
  • How to not be called a ‘people-pleaser’:
    Pick fewer, better people to please.
    Then people will just call you a good friend. (View Tweet)
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  • The older you get, the fewer friends you tend have.
    Not because you’re less social, but because you have higher standards. (View Tweet)

New highlights added April 13, 2024 at 7:31 PM

  • When talking to an ideas person, never say no.
    Answer with what it would take. (View Tweet)
  • How to avoid tons of problems in life:
    Go to bed on time. (View Tweet)
  • The easiest way to make more time for good friends is to get rid of bad friends. (View Tweet)

New highlights added May 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM

  • How to waste your life:
    Try to help people who don’t want help. (View Tweet)
  • How to waste your time:
    Give advice to people who aren’t asking for it.
    How to waste other people’s time:
    Ask for advice, then, don’t follow it. (View Tweet)
  • If you’re poor, it makes sense to buy a suit and pretend you have money.
    If youre rich, it makes sense to hide your wealth and look like an everyday guy.
    “When youre strong, appear weak.
    When youre weak, appear strong.”
    -Sun Tzu
    There’s 0 advantage to being accurately judged. (View Tweet)