"People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms."
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"The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base."
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"Happiness has a very short half-life."
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"Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe."
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"World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes."
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"I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things."
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"Learn to be difficult when it counts"
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"Simplicity requires ruthlessness."
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"Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse."
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"The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit."
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"The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control."
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"The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect."
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"Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees."
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"Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear."
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"If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences."
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"There are two types of mistakes: mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth."
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"In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite."
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"Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?""
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"Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?""
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"I've seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all."
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