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Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
Money is concerned only with what is common to all, i.e., the exchange value, and it reduces all quality and individuality to the question: How much?
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Do what you love, and the money will follow.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
Identity capital is our collection of personal assets. It is the repertoire of individual resources that we assemble over time. These are the investments we make in ourselves, the things we do well enough, or long enough, that they become a part of who we are.
The future isn't written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do. You are deciding your life right now.
Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do.
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.'
The future isn't written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do.
The stories we believe about ourselves can either limit our potential or propel us towards greatness.
The way we perceive the world is heavily influenced by our past experiences and the narratives we tell ourselves.
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The knowledge of the past stays with us to spur us on to new and better things.