Are you clear on what habits you have that are serving you, what habits you have that aren’t serving you, and what habits you need? Most people aren’t.
Most people are focussed on what they want, on their goals. But think about it, results come from our actions, and our actions are driven by our habits.
We often overestimate what we can achieve in a year, and underestimated the impact of doing a small number of things exceptionally well. Have you done the work?
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
In the current Internet world there’s a massive move towards claiming to be the expert rather than earning the right to be the expert. Every person with a blog or a Facebook account has the right to have an opinion.
But you have to earn the right to be an expert.