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Treat your life like a marathon that has bursts of sprints. Since success is based on outlasting, you have to find a pace that is sustainable. You also need every tool possible to become more efficient, buy back time, and increase your stamina.

Stop thinking that more is better. When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he slashed headcount. He continues to weed out people because he knows that a small, committed team with a vison crushes a large team without one.

Choose quality over quantity. Overpay for one or two rockstars instead of paying market rate for a dozen average workers.

If you continue on the path that you're on, what will you regret most when you're eighty?

Use the fear of future regret to get you moving now. One of the reasons most people can't delay gratification is they haven't thought through how they're going to feel at the end of their lives.

Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life by Maxwell Maltz.

I read this classic book more than a decade ago, and I always gain something new when I pick it up. While preparing for the Business Planning Workshop, this quote jumped out at me, "You act, and feel, not according to what things are really like, but according to the image your mind holds of what they are like."

Family. No one will frustrate you more, open up your heart more, and teach you more than family. It may seem counter-intuitive, but you wouldn't be frustrated by family members if you didn't love them so much.

When you get frustrated, ask, "What is this trying to teach me?" Instead of reacting, take the time to understand what you need to heal in order to love this person more deeply.