Do more of what’s working

It’s crazy how many people see success in their lives or businesses and then do nothing to exploit the win. Identify what’s working for you right now. Write down all the examples of this. You will find many. When we succeed, we receive a very clear signal of the direction we can take. How can you ensure you do more of what has shown to work? Squeeze every last drop out of those things that are proven to work. Be obsessed with identifying wins and doubling down on those wins. That’s how you astound yourself and those around you.

It’s Okay to Outgrow the Life You Thought You Wanted

What happens when you step into the life you’ve worked for, and realize it no longer feels as fulfilling as you imagined it would? It's absolutely alright to outgrow your past aspirations and goals. "Sometimes, learning what you don’t want might be as important as discovering what you do. That’s growing, too."

People need admiration and respect

People don't need enormous cars; they need admiration and respect. They don't need a constant stream of new clothes; they need to feel that others consider them to be attractive, and they need excitement and variety, and beauty. People don't need electronic entertainment; they need something interesting to occupy their minds and emotions. And so forth.

Know how to leave things alone

Know how to leave things alone, for if knowing how to refuse is one of life's great lessons, an even greater one is knowing how to say no to yourself, to important people, and in business. There are non-essential activities, moths of precious time, and it's worse to take an interest in irrelevant things than to do nothing at all.

If you want to matter more

If you want to matter more, speak to other people’s needs. If you want to matter more, chose to hope more can be. If you want to matter more, offend fewer. If you want to matter more, say so honestly. If you want to matter more, fight for better. If you want to matter more, learn the absolute costs of things. If you want to matter more, do the math on the immeasurable. If you want to matter more, fight for good ideas, not against random people. If you want to matter more, focus on your strengths.

Show Up Daily

Don’t look for inspiration. Forget motivation. They are consequences. Do what you want to do. Systematically. No matter what. Doing it even when it appears difficult or the results aren’t that great, is the strategy that allows you to reach just about any goal, no matter how big or ambitious it is. Showing up every day. “Motivation will only come once we have started a task or behavior, not before we get going.”

Any idea that is currently working has passed a lot of tests

More often than not the better way to create value is to take up and refine/improve an existing idea. Not trying to create something altogether new. “When you are dealing with a complex problem, it is usually better to build on top of what already works. Any idea that is currently working has passed a lot of tests. Old ideas are a secret weapon because they have already managed to survive in a complex world. Iterate, don’t originate.