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A life is measured in
decades. A good life is like the flame of a bonfire. It builds
slowly, and because it's slow and warm it caresses the heart instead of
destroying it.
Ø A life is measured by what you did TODAY, even
this moment.
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Focus is not important, but
Push is (reinvention). Compound life is much more powerful than
compound interest
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Give without thinking of what
you will receive-It doesn't matter how you give each day. It
doesn't even matter how much. But everyone wanted to give and eventually they
were given back.
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Solving hard problems is more
important than overcoming failure. It's how you view the life
inside you that creates the life outside of you. Every day.
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Art and success and love is
about connecting all the dots. - The very personal sadness
sitting inside of you. The things you learn. The things you read about. The
things you love. Connect the dots. Give it to someone. Now you just gave birth
to a legacy that will continue beyond you.
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It’s not business, it's
personal. - Nobody succeeded with a great idea. Everyone
succeeded because they built networks within networks of connections, friends, and
colleagues all striving towards their own personal goals, all trusting each
other, and working together to help each other succeed.
Ø You can't predict the outcome, you can only do
your best.
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The same philosophy of life
should work for an emperor and a slave. You can't predict
pleasure or pain. You can only strive for knowledge and giving and fairness and
health each day. Luck is certainly a component, but in chess there's a saying
(and this applies to anything) "it's funny how always the best players
seem to be lucky."
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The only correct path is the
path correct for you. - Don't let other people choose your
careers. Don't get locked in other people's prisons they've set up just for
you. Personal freedom starts from the inside but ultimately turns you into a
giant, freeing you from the chains the little people spent years tying around
you.
Ø
Many moments of small,
positive, personal interactions build an extraordinary career. Often
people think that you have to fight your way to the top. But for everyone I
spoke to, it was small kindnesses over a long period of time that built the
ladder to success. I think I'm starting to sound like a cliche on this. But
it's only a cliche because it's true.
Ø Taking care of yourself comes first.
Ø The final answer: People do end up loving what
they succeed at, or they succeed at what they love.
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Anybody, at any age-Success
is different for all the successful, their stories different, their ages
different but bottom line they are all successful and got lessons we can learn
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