"I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly."
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"If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are."
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"Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself."
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"It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming and energy consuming. It is easier to raise $10,000,000 than it is $1,000,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s."
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"If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny."
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"Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving."
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"There is always more information than attention"
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"A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives."
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"The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves"
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"Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available."
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"Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons."
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"People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs."
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"It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply to my most important to-dos that positively affect my life. That's it."
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"Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours."
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"Being called a huckster and a charlatan started several years ago, so that's something I'm accustomed to. In most cases, it doesn't bother me."
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"I take notes like some people take drugs."
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"I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people."
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"Do not expect work to fill a void that non-work relationships and activities should Work is not all of life. Your co-workers shouldn't be your only friends. Schedule life and defend it just as you would an important business meeting. Never tell yourself "I'll just get it done this weekend.""
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"The start of the day is often the best time to get things done. This is somewhat related to willpower."
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"The best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'"
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