Quote and Monologue of the Month - February 2019
Word of Wisdom
1. “ The reason that nerds are unpopular is because they have other more important things to worry about” - Paul Graham
2. “If you want to make money at some point, remember this and this is one of the reasons startup wins. Big companies want to reduce the standard deviation of design outcomes because they want to avoid disasters. However when you damp oscillations, you lose the high points as well as the low. This is not the problem for big companies because they don’t win by making great products. They win by sucking less than other big companies” - Paul Graham
3. “The difference between a goal and a delusion is the existence of a goal” - Victor Cheng
To be more specific, a plan includes the following:
a set of activities that need to be done to achieve the desired outcome;
a schedule that outlines the deadlines by which each activity needs to be completed to achieve the desired outcome.
4. “One of the biggest enemy of happiness is adaptation” - Thomas Gilovich
We achieve something and we are extremely happy about it at that moment. Then we adapt and feel no difference. Until you appreciate what you currently have, you will never feel truly happy.
On the other hand, things are never as bad as you think. With stress and hardship, we evolve.
5. “This is no way to happiness… Happiness is the way” - Thich Nhat Hanh
Traditional “Have-do-be” paradigm (e.g. I need to have a ton of money for me to travel around the world then I will feel happy) should be reversed. You start being whatever status you want to be. Then you start doing things out of the being. Afterwards, things you want will just follow.
6. “It’s totally okay to have lots of nice things. If it is addiction to wealth, like inFight Club, “The things you own end up owning you,” and it becomes a surrogate for things like long-term health and happiness — connection — then it becomes a disease state. But if you can have nice things, and not fear having them taken away, then it’s a good thing. Because money is a really valuable tool.” - Time Ferris
7. “If you need permission to do something, you probably should not do it”
8. “Stop looking for angels, start looking for angles” - Ryan Holiday
9. “When you change the way you see things, things you see change” - Wayne Dyer
10. A: “I wish I know how to play piano”; B:” No, you don’t. If you did, you will make the time to do it”
11. “Create the greatest and highest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe” - Opera Winfrey
12. “ When you become a millionaire, you can give it away. Because what is important is not the million dollars, it is the person you have become in the process of becoming a millionaire.” - Jim Rohn
13.” Who you are determine what you can have”
14. “For better or worse, humans are holistic. Even the human body does best when its spiritual and physical sides are synchronized… People’s bodies perform best when their brains are on board with the program… Helping your mind to believe what you do is good, noble, and worthwhile in itself helps to fuel your energies and propel your efforts.” — Rabbi Daniel Lapin
15. “Everything in life is a distraction. You cannot under-estimate the unimportance of practically everything in life” - Greg Mckeown
16. “The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence,the few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive.” — Cal Newport
17. “Focus is today’s new I.Q.”
18. “Haters confirm greatness” - “Seek criticism instead of praise” - Robin Sharma
19. “The world gives to the givers and takes from the taker”
20. “Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”- Jim Rohn
21. “If you pile enough tomorrows, you will find you left nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays” - Meredith Wilson
22. “Don’t wait til tomorrow to do something that you can do today, your future self will either be proud of you or shamefully defend you.”
23. “If you cannot solve a problem, it is because you are playing by the rule”
24. “The person who does not make mistakes, is unlikely to make anything”
25. “How you set up the game is more important than the game itself. How you set up the game determines how you are going to play. It is better to win first then play” “Begin with the end clearly in mind”
26. “Leverage the position you are right now”
27. “Treat your work as an art or performance, think yourself as an artist”
28. “Five minute is a lot of time” - You can waste a lot of things but not time!!!
29. “One dollar is a lot of money”
30. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb
31. “You are not ‘way’ behind”, Start somewhere and the game is close.
32. “The music you listen to determines how successful you are in life”
