You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.
Nassim Nicholas TalebAntifragile, p. 265, 2012
Antifragile, p. 265, 2012
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You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.
You’re not choosing a girlfriend, you’re choosing your son’s mother.
Don't act like the person you used to be. Act like the person you're gonna become. And I promise you that mental mind shift alone will carry you forward.
If you don’t feel frustrated when you’re learning something, you’re not learning. You’re deluding yourself.
It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it.
Forget mistakes, forget failures, forget everything, except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.
I have never cared much about titles—it did not bother me who had the title so long as I ran the company.
We think the best team size is one, because a single author can do things that is impossible to do for teams, and hit high notes that are unreachable.
You can turn a good business into a bad investment if you pay too much for it.
Nobody is more hated than the one who tells the truth.
The less people think, the more they talk. This is the greatest proof of ignorance.
It is not what happens that destroys you, but the story you build in your mind about it.
The universe is written in the language of mathematics.
Never rule out a goal because you think it's unattainable. Be audacious.
When you can't be controlled, you will be hated, and that's the power.
Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners.
Do not compare, do not measure, there is no other path like yours.
I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face.
Other than death, all defeats are psychological. Never give up.
Worrying won’t take away tomorrow’s problems; it will only steal today’s peace.
Just because you have a 180 IQ does not mean you are smarter than a goat.
Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They’re its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.
The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
You cannot step twice into the same river.
Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it. All it needs is courage, imagination… and a little dough.
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.
The key to life is not accumulation. It’s contribution.
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Love your country, but never trust its government.
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.
The many sorrows of our recent history suggest that we humans have a learning disability.
A man is respected for what he achieves, not for what he promises.
Discipline is the art of not betraying yourself.
He who is a friend to everyone is a friend to no one.
Solitude is for me a source of healing that makes my life worth living. Speaking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.
Someone is judging you right now. Someone else is inspired by you. Yet neither truly knows you.
Buy a business, don't rent stocks.
Social life is a distraction, true intelligence develops in solitude.
When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
Suffering is the only thing that teaches you who you really are.
Do as little as needed, not as much as possible.
I love Rust! Rust is amazing ...if you never, ever, EVER have to look at it yourself.
Why would I look at code? It’s like assembly, like a compiled artifact.
My life's philosophy is that I will meet the person I could have been at the end of my life, and my goal is to reduce the difference between him and me to as little as possible.
Clean your Room.