Quotes About Motivation

This book is for anyone who is sick of the deferred-life plan and wants to live life large instead of postpone it.

Work hard to beat the competition." The truth is that competition is the opposite of creativity. If I am working hard to beat the competition, it actually prevents me from thinking creatively to make all concepts of competition obsolete.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Those moments show me that this whole thing is bigger than me. It's the realization that there is a "will to pleasure," a "will to power" and, in the words of Viktor Frankl, a "will to meaning." You won't take a bullet for pleasure or power, but you will for meaning.

So, my advice to my 30-year-old self is, don't be a donkey. You can do everything you want to do. You just need foresight and patience.

100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company magazine.

Timothy Ferriss

Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family, business, etc., with expiration dates, and I update them every 6 months.

Persistence matters more than talent. The student with straight As is irrelevant if the student sitting next to him with Bs has more passion.

We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore.

In reality, most people aren't "bad" at languages. They're bad, like me, at memorizing boring, zero-gratification tables that make DMV forms look sexy.

There have been several points in my life—among them, just before I was fired from TrueSAN and just before I escaped the U.S. to avoid taking an Uzi into McDonald's—at which I saw my future as another fat man in a midlife-crisis BMW. I simply looked at those who were 15–20 years ahead of me on the same track, whether a director of sales or an entrepreneur in the same industry, and it scared the hell out of me.

insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

We want to attach ourselves to narratives. We don't act because of equations. We follow our beliefs. We get behind leaders who stir our feelings.

If you need a kick in the ass, consider using accountability partners or betting through a service like Coach.me or Stickk.com.

Los trabajos interesantes son los que creas tú.

know that the only reason you're here on this planet is to follow your star and do what the Muse

Tengo la firme convicción de que si tienes una idea muy clara de a dónde quieres ir, todo lo demás es mucho más fácil

Over the ensuing days, however, I realized that everyone seemed to be discussing how to build large and successful companies, sell out, and live the good life. Fair enough. The question no one really seemed to be asking or answering was, Why do it all in the first place? What is the pot of gold that justifies spending the best years of your life hoping for happiness in the last?

Quizá la acción no traiga siempre consigo la felicidad, pero no hay felicidad sin acción.»

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All you do is you pick a goal and you write it down 15 times a day in some specific sentence form, like 'I, Scott Adams, will become an astronaut,' for example. And you do that every day.

What if [you] just can't come up with 10 ideas? Here's the magic trick: If you can't come up with 10 ideas, come up with 20 ideas. . . . You are putting too much pressure on yourself. Perfectionism is the ENEMY of the idea muscle . . .

Me recomiendas algún otro sitio de la ciudad que pueda ser un buen sitio de trabajo para mí? Estoy totalmente decidido a dedicarme a esto. Realmente quiero saber cómo es".