There are always more options

There are always more options. If exploring them is the goal, please explore. And sometimes, the unavailable can lead to a breakthrough. But if the job is to simply get the work done, it might be worth pretending that the unexplored options don’t even exist.

Most of what we encounter is driven by emotions

Most of what we encounter is driven by emotions, and our emotions are always relative. When we’re shopping for a car or an orange, we’re buying the way it makes us feel, not how it would make someone else feel.

When we give away our day

Sooner or later, they’re all finite. And the way we allocate our time and emotional energy determine what gets done... There’s generally a gulf between what we say we did all day and what we actually did. When we give away our day, we give away our future.

You cannot control most outcomes in life

There are many situations in life you do not control, but you often contribute to them.

I cannot control the rain, but I can control my clothing.

I cannot control your feelings, but I can control my kindness.

I cannot control my opponent, but I can control my response.

You cannot control most outcomes in life, but you can usually influence them. Releasing your attachment to the results does not mean releasing your responsibility for the situation.

Make sure that mountain is worth climbing.

Do not confuse things that are hard with things that are valuable. Many things in life are hard. Just because you are giving a great effort does not mean you are working toward a great result. Make sure that mountain is worth climbing.

Speaking up is a skill like any other

Speaking up is a skill like any other. It can be learned. Yes, some people are born with a stronger affinity for it than you, but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve. With practice, you will surprise yourself with how confident you become.

If you want advantageous divergence

The longer the time frame for results, the less you need intensity and the more you need consistency. Consistency isn't simply willpower, which comes and goes. Consistency is doing it when you don't feel like doing it. If you want advantageous divergence, you have to do the things that matter on your best day and your worst day.