"winners never quit" is a fallacy
“Winners never quit and quitters never win” is a fallacy.
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self-mastery
13 posts from the LinkedIn archive, on habits, state, and staying in the game.
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aim not to be clever, but to be dogged
Aim not to be clever. But to be dogged. To be determined.
be an oasis in the desert of the self-absorbed
This means that one should strive to be a refreshing and nourishing presence in a world where many people are focused solely on themselves and their own needs.
do this today
Stay cheerful & constructive
engineer your input
All your thoughts are downstream of what you consume.
i hang out with the people i admire, by reading them
You heard this before: "we are the average of the people we spend the most time with"
is this what i was created for?
"Is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?" --Marcus Aurelius
rare traits
Uncomfortably open-minded.
the most important habit: investing in yourself
I strongly believe the best investment you can make is in yourself. I also believe Aristotle when he said: 95% of everything you do is the result of habit.
the ultimate power is deciding what you want to feel
Voltaire: “The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”
this is how you win
Do all the little things that tilt the odds your way.
timeless wisdom is the input to prioritize
Timeless wisdom is the most important type of input that you need to prioritize when feeding your mind.
we are not poor in days, but wasteful of them
You have no grounds for supposing that any one has lived long, because he has wrinkles or grey hairs:
Posts written for LinkedIn between 2019 and 2025, republished here so they live somewhere I own. Browse the other categories ↗