In the western world of infinite possibility, anything is possible. At what point did you start blaming others, the government, the bureaucracy, your boss etc. for your life not being how you want it.
Because that’s not the point where you saw the truth, it’s the point when you gave up.
The spark used to be there.
It can be again, when you stop making up stories for why things are the way they are.
There’s a tendency to gather information, and more information, and more information, indefinitely if a decision is important.
Your next 40 years will be determined by your next ten years.
A mantra I live by in business is, ‘tolerance is the enemy of excellence.’
Functional fixes are not solutions for existential misalignments.
If you’re buying your lunch from someone, what happens if he’s 20cms shorter than you?
It’s almost certain that what’s being agreed isn’t fully understood.
Don’t be a dick.
Five hundred years ago, Michel de Montaigne said: “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.”
In tennis, the majority of the game is spent volleying.