SCOTT ADAMS
“SYSTEMS” VERSUS “GOALS”
TF- "Scott helped me refocus, to use his language, on “systems” instead of “goals”. This involves choosing projects and habits that, even if they result in “failures” in the eyes of the outside world, give you transferable skills or relationships. In other words, you choose options that allow you to inevitably “succeed” over time, as you build assets that carry over to subsequent projects."
ON THE ODD EFFECTIVENESS OF AFFIRMATIONS
“But you can use these affirmations, presumably – this is just a hypothesis – to focus your mind and your memory on a very specific thing. And that would allow you to notice things in your environment that might have already been there. It’s just that your filter was set to ignore, and then you just tune it through this memory and repetition trick until it widens a little bit to allow some extra stuff in.”
SHAUN WHITE
“I say, ‘At the end of the day, who cares? What’s the big deal? I’m here, I’m going to try my best, and I’m going to go home, and my family’s there....”
CHASE JARVIS
“I don’t create art to get high-dollar projects, I do high-dollar projects so I can create more art.”
“CREATIVITY IS AN INFINITE RESOURCE. THE MORE YOU SPEND, THE MORE YOU HAVE.”
This was Chase paraphrasing a quote from Maya Angelou and discussing how creativity and meditation are similar.
AMPLIFY YOUR STRENGTHS RATHER THAN FIX YOUR WEAKNESSES
“The point is thinking about ‘What is the unique mojo that I bring, and how can I try and amplify that?’”
DAN CARLIN
ON NOT DOING WHAT YOU’RE QUALIFIED TO DO
“If I’ve learned anything from podcasting, it’s don’t be afraid to do something you’re not qualified to do.”
RAMIT SETHI
1,000 TRUE FANS
“(‘1,000 True Fans’ by Kevin Kelly) was one of the seminal articles that inspired me to really build amazing material, rather than jus recycling what else was out there. I knew that if I had 1,000 true fans, then not only would I be able to live doing the things I wanted, but I would be able to turn that into 2,000, 5,000, 10,000 – and that is exactly what happened.”
ALEX BLUMBERG
“Occasionally, a good idea comes to you first, if you’re lucky. Usually, it only comes after a lot of bad ideas.”
IN GENERAL – ASK THE DUMB QUESTION EVERYONE ELSE IS AFRAID TO ASK
“Asking the right dumb question is often the smartest thing you can do.”
Setembro, 2020