The Greatest Salesman In the World
Og Mandino
Summary
Great timeless lessons. Wish I read this earlier in my life.
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Wealth should never be your goal in life. The wealth is of the heart, not the purse. Do not aspire for wealth and labour only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity
Rewards are great is one succeeds but the rewards are only great because few succeed. Many succumb to despair and failure without realizing they already possess the tools of great wealth
Never feel shame for trying and failing because he who has never failed is he who has never tried
Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough
1st law: good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Form good habits and become their slave
2nd: greet every day with love in your heart
3rd law: I will persist until I succeed
- Prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning and it is not known how many steps are necessary to reach my goal so keep persisting
- Never allow yesterday’s success to lul me into today’s complacency for this is the great foundation of failure
4th: I am nature’s greatest miracle
5th: I will love this day as if it were my last
- Yesterday is buried forever and think of it no more
- Tomorrow is buried with yesterday and think of it no more
6th: I will be the master of my emotions:
- Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is her who forces his actions to control his thoughts
7th: I will laugh at the world
- I will laugh and my life will be lengthened for this is the greatest secret of a long life
- I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself to seriously
- 4 greatest words to carry me thought life and adversity - this too shall pass
8th: I will multiple my value 100 fold
- Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine
- I will always announce my goals to the world yet never will I proclaim my accomplishments
9th: Act now
10th: pray and lookd to god
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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