- Your personality lags behind your actions by two years (Colin and Samir).
- Showing up is more important than being perfect. (Arnold Shwarzenaegger)
- Perfect practise makes perfect
- Make a lot of pots
- Opportunities hide at unlikely intersections (Nicholas Cole)
- Hang around the hoop (Ali Abdaal)
- Be so specific you’re universal (Nicholas Cole)
- The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. (old Chinese proverb)
- No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. (Socrates)
- You need 30 samples minimum for statistical relevance (so don’t worry about any specific one too much)
- You need at least two out of three to be employable: To be nice/friendly to work with, To do your work on time, To do very good quality work
- “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones” - Confucious
- Myth of Sisyphus
- Teach a man to fish
- The ant and the grasshopper
- In the grand scheme of things life doesnt matter but we don’t live in the grand scheme of things - hank green
Philosophical
- “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing” Socrates