The Strangest Secret
Earl Nightingale
Summary
One of the original self help books. Would recommend downloading the free podcast episode and listening to it. Do it once a month and is a great reminder when you're feeling down.
Rating: 4/5
Notes
You become what you think about
The power of intentionality is a superpower
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal
The trouble with most men is they simply they do not think
The opposite of courage in society is not cowardice, it’s conformity
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going
‘A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.’ - Marcus Aurelius
One of the greatest laws of the universe: if you think in negative terms, you will get negative results. If you think in positive terms, you will get positive results
All you have to know is where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord
Live fully - be alive
4 points to success
- You will become what you think about
- Remember the word imagination and let your mind soar
- Constantly concentrate on your goal every day
- Save 10% of what you earn
Act as though it were impossible to fail
Making money is the result of success and success in direct proportion to our service
No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others
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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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