Time
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”– Steve Jobs Looking at what Apple has become today, we can see that Steve’s vision has been more than realized since his death. He spent his time living his own life, doing what he loved: innovation and entrepreneurship. And he’s right, we only…
Wilderness
“In wilderness is the preservation of the world.”– Henry David Thoreau I love this quote as it reminds me of when I was in a deeply transitory time in my life. It reminded me then as it does now to step into the wild, without hesitation, without expectation, and I will find myself there. Reflected…
Gadgets
“Love people and use things because the opposite never works.”– Joshua Fields Millburn Growing up in a sprawling suburbia, I would spend so much money, time, energy, and attention span on Amazon, Walmart, and just shopping online. My father used to remark on all the ‘gadgets’ I had accumulated through the years, saying how ridiculous…
Honesty
“Her quick and ready honesty suggests that we don’t have time to not mean what we say.” This was a quote I found in a book I can’t remember the name of, though I loved the message so much that I had to note it. The message is so simple and yet so profound: saying…
Choices
“Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.”– Victor Frankl We have as much reason to choose positivity as we do negativity, but the latter is quite illogical in my opinion. A negative mood reinforces a negative attitude, and let’s be honest, nobody likes a negative attitude. This is not the same as…
Worry
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”– Wayne Gretzky I found this quote in an investing and trading ebook. It was used in reference to a long-term approach in the stock market. The author’s guidance was to invest where the market will be, not where it…
Experiments
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”– Albert Einstein As we all know, Einstein was a brilliant mathematician, physicist, and thinker. Like many involved in the field of science, experiments are crucial to success. He gestures to the fact that a series of the right mistakes pave the way for a…
Inaction
“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. So we must stretch ourselves to the very limits of human possibility. Anything less is a sin against both God and man.”– Leonardo da Vinci This is one of my…
Nothing
“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing”.– Lao Tzu Doing nothing is surprisingly difficult. It requires a shift in thinking that our time must always be occupied, our to-do list must always be filled, and the busier we are the better. In this non-stop culture, we herald those that ‘get sh*t done’ and…
Advertising
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,” Jeff Hammerbacher, an early Facebook engineer, told me. “That sucks.” Silicon Valley began to look an awful lot like Hollywood.” Above is an excerpt taken from the popular and fascinating biography titled Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic…