100 books
100 quotes
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100 quotes
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2. The Four Hour Workweek
Have less intelligent people done this before and pulled it off?
- @tferriss
Have less intelligent people done this before and pulled it off?
- @tferriss
3. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Making money is not a thing you do—it’s a skill you learn.
- @EricJorgenson @naval
Making money is not a thing you do—it’s a skill you learn.
- @EricJorgenson @naval
4. The Personal MBA
Studying the fundamentals of sound business practice and developing a network on your own can provide most of the benefits of business education at a fraction of the cost.
- @joshkaufman
Studying the fundamentals of sound business practice and developing a network on your own can provide most of the benefits of business education at a fraction of the cost.
- @joshkaufman
5. Key Person of Influence
On the internet, you are not some freak who is too fussy or who has strange taste. You are part of a “tribe,” a gang of people who believe as you believe.
- @HarringtonKevin
On the internet, you are not some freak who is too fussy or who has strange taste. You are part of a “tribe,” a gang of people who believe as you believe.
- @HarringtonKevin
6. The Psychology of Money
Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.
- @morganhousel
Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.
- @morganhousel
7. Entrepreneur Revolution
if you're doing something you hate, I'm here to tell you your sacrifice probably won't deliver a payoff in the future.
- @DanielPriestley
if you're doing something you hate, I'm here to tell you your sacrifice probably won't deliver a payoff in the future.
- @DanielPriestley
8. The $100 Startup
Most of us like to buy, but we don’t like to be sold. Old-school marketing is based on persuasion; new marketing is based on invitation.
- @chrisguillebeau
Most of us like to buy, but we don’t like to be sold. Old-school marketing is based on persuasion; new marketing is based on invitation.
- @chrisguillebeau
9. The 50th Law
We shift from feeling fear because of some threat, to having a fearful attitude towards life itself.
- @RobertGreene @50cent
We shift from feeling fear because of some threat, to having a fearful attitude towards life itself.
- @RobertGreene @50cent
10. Bold
the best way to become a billionaire is to solve a billion-person problem.
- @PeterDiamandis @steven_kotler
the best way to become a billionaire is to solve a billion-person problem.
- @PeterDiamandis @steven_kotler
11. Building a Storybrand
Your customer should be the hero of the story, not your brand.
- @donaldmiller
Your customer should be the hero of the story, not your brand.
- @donaldmiller
12. The Membership Economy
Ownership and access are at two ends of a continuum, and right now the pendulum is swinging away from owning.
- @robbiebax
Ownership and access are at two ends of a continuum, and right now the pendulum is swinging away from owning.
- @robbiebax
13. Choose Yourself
When you add value to people’s lives (for instance, giving away quality content for free), the opportunities that come back to you cannot be quantified.
- @jaltucher
When you add value to people’s lives (for instance, giving away quality content for free), the opportunities that come back to you cannot be quantified.
- @jaltucher
14. Originals
nothing is completely original, in the sense that all of our ideas are influenced by what we learn from the world around us. We are constantly borrowing thoughts, whether intentionally or inadvertently.
- @AdamMGrant
nothing is completely original, in the sense that all of our ideas are influenced by what we learn from the world around us. We are constantly borrowing thoughts, whether intentionally or inadvertently.
- @AdamMGrant
15. Profit First
We think bigger is better, but so often all we get with a bigger business are bigger problems.
- @MikeMichalowicz
We think bigger is better, but so often all we get with a bigger business are bigger problems.
- @MikeMichalowicz
16. Essentialism
Of course, nobody likes to be bored. But by abolishing any chance of being bored we have also lost the time we used to have to think and process.
- @GregoryMcKeown
Of course, nobody likes to be bored. But by abolishing any chance of being bored we have also lost the time we used to have to think and process.
- @GregoryMcKeown
17. The Innovation Stack
Most people who start a business in a market they don’t understand just copy what works.
- @2000F
Most people who start a business in a market they don’t understand just copy what works.
- @2000F
18. Hackers and Painters
If everything you believe is something you're supposed to believe, could that possibly be a coincidence? Odds are it isn't. Odds are you just think whatever you're told.
- @paulg
If everything you believe is something you're supposed to believe, could that possibly be a coincidence? Odds are it isn't. Odds are you just think whatever you're told.
- @paulg
19. Zero to Sold
Find your niche audience. Find and validate their critical problem. Invent and validate a solution to their problem. Build a product to implement that solution. Build a business that can repeatedly sell that product to your audience.
-@arvidkahl
Find your niche audience. Find and validate their critical problem. Invent and validate a solution to their problem. Build a product to implement that solution. Build a business that can repeatedly sell that product to your audience.
-@arvidkahl
20. Hell Yeah or No
Refuse almost everything. Do almost nothing. But the things you do, do them all the way.
- @sivers
Refuse almost everything. Do almost nothing. But the things you do, do them all the way.
- @sivers
21. Show Your Work
By generously sharing their ideas and their knowledge, they often gain an audience that they can then leverage when they need it
- @austinkleon
By generously sharing their ideas and their knowledge, they often gain an audience that they can then leverage when they need it
- @austinkleon
23. Skin in the Game
Don’t tell me what you “think,” just tell me what’s in your portfolio.
- @nntaleb
Don’t tell me what you “think,” just tell me what’s in your portfolio.
- @nntaleb
24. Subscribed
The problem is that today most manufacturers don’t own the customer relationship—the channel does. Maybe it’s a retailer. Maybe it’s a distributor.
- @tientzuo
The problem is that today most manufacturers don’t own the customer relationship—the channel does. Maybe it’s a retailer. Maybe it’s a distributor.
- @tientzuo
25. Designing your Life
for most people, passion comes after they try something, discover they like it, and develop mastery—not before.
- @wburnett
for most people, passion comes after they try something, discover they like it, and develop mastery—not before.
- @wburnett
26. Traction
After your growth curve flattens, what worked before usually will not get you to the next level.
- @yegg
After your growth curve flattens, what worked before usually will not get you to the next level.
- @yegg
27. The Automatic Customer
A big part of the value these subscription companies provide is curation, which has become increasingly important as Google has made choice infinite.
- @JohnWarrillow
A big part of the value these subscription companies provide is curation, which has become increasingly important as Google has made choice infinite.
- @JohnWarrillow
28. How I Built This
nothing is permanent and that you can always go back once a different path has run its course.
- @guyraz
nothing is permanent and that you can always go back once a different path has run its course.
- @guyraz
29. Making Ideas Happen
“having the idea” is just a small part of the process, perhaps only 1 percent of the journey.
- @scottbelsky
“having the idea” is just a small part of the process, perhaps only 1 percent of the journey.
- @scottbelsky
30. Love your life like your life depends on it
I started telling myself, "I love myself." A thought I would repeat again and again.
- @kamalravikant
I started telling myself, "I love myself." A thought I would repeat again and again.
- @kamalravikant
32. Free Agent Nation
In a climate of churn and heightened risk, attachment is a poor strategy and cradle-to-grave security a false promise.
- @DanielPink
In a climate of churn and heightened risk, attachment is a poor strategy and cradle-to-grave security a false promise.
- @DanielPink
33. Trillion Dollar Coach
The top priority of any manager is the well-being and success of her people.
- @ericschmidt
The top priority of any manager is the well-being and success of her people.
- @ericschmidt
34. The Flinch
Facing the flinch is hard. It means seeing the lies you tell yourself, facing the fear behind them, and handling the pain that your journey demands—all without hesitation.
- @julien
Facing the flinch is hard. It means seeing the lies you tell yourself, facing the fear behind them, and handling the pain that your journey demands—all without hesitation.
- @julien
35. The Age of the Infovore
To thrive in an era that produces and devours information like never before, you need to become more adept at finding, sorting, and absorbing ideas, news, and all kinds of data. The age of the infovore has arrived.
- @tylercowen
To thrive in an era that produces and devours information like never before, you need to become more adept at finding, sorting, and absorbing ideas, news, and all kinds of data. The age of the infovore has arrived.
- @tylercowen
36. Superforcasting
Grit is passionate perseverance of long-term goals, even in the face of frustration and failure. Married with a growth mindset, it is a potent force for personal progress.
- @PTetlock @dgardner
Grit is passionate perseverance of long-term goals, even in the face of frustration and failure. Married with a growth mindset, it is a potent force for personal progress.
- @PTetlock @dgardner
37. Can't Hurt Me
Everything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.
- @davidgoggins
Everything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.
- @davidgoggins
38. The Everything Store
They agreed on five core values and wrote them down on a whiteboard in a conference room: customer obsession, frugality, bias for action, ownership, and high bar for talent. Later Amazon would add a sixth value, innovation.
- @BradStone
They agreed on five core values and wrote them down on a whiteboard in a conference room: customer obsession, frugality, bias for action, ownership, and high bar for talent. Later Amazon would add a sixth value, innovation.
- @BradStone
39. Crush It
I want to share with you the best business tweet of all time: “What can I do for you?” You’ll be amazed at the response you get. You’re in business to serve your community. Don’t ever forget it.
- @garyvee
I want to share with you the best business tweet of all time: “What can I do for you?” You’ll be amazed at the response you get. You’re in business to serve your community. Don’t ever forget it.
- @garyvee
40. Nudge
The false assumption is that almost all people, almost all of the time, make choices that are in their best interest or at the very least are better than the choices that would be made by someone else.
- @R_Thaler
The false assumption is that almost all people, almost all of the time, make choices that are in their best interest or at the very least are better than the choices that would be made by someone else.
- @R_Thaler
41. Bounce
Purposeful practice was the only factor distinguishing the best from the rest.
- @matthewsyed
Purposeful practice was the only factor distinguishing the best from the rest.
- @matthewsyed
42. The Great Mental Models
There are three key practices needed in order to build and maintain a circle of competence: curiosity and a desire to learn, monitoring, and feedback.
- @ShaneAParrish @farnamstreet
There are three key practices needed in order to build and maintain a circle of competence: curiosity and a desire to learn, monitoring, and feedback.
- @ShaneAParrish @farnamstreet
43. The 80/20 Principle
If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.
- @RichardKoch8020
If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.
- @RichardKoch8020
44. Winners
If you do not have a clear objective, you have no definition of winning. If you do not have a clear strategy, you have no chance of winning.
- @campbellclaret
If you do not have a clear objective, you have no definition of winning. If you do not have a clear strategy, you have no chance of winning.
- @campbellclaret
45. 10% Happier
We live so much of our lives pushed forward by these “if only” thoughts, and yet the itch remains. The pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.
- @danharris
We live so much of our lives pushed forward by these “if only” thoughts, and yet the itch remains. The pursuit of happiness becomes the source of our unhappiness.
- @danharris
46. Contagious
People don’t just care about how they are doing, they care about their performance in relation to others.
- @j1berger
People don’t just care about how they are doing, they care about their performance in relation to others.
- @j1berger
47. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
A great strategy for success in life is to become good at something, anything, and let that feeling propel you to new and better victories. Success can be habit-forming.
- @ScottAdamsSays
A great strategy for success in life is to become good at something, anything, and let that feeling propel you to new and better victories. Success can be habit-forming.
- @ScottAdamsSays
48. Exreme Ownership
Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
- @jockowillink
Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
- @jockowillink
49. Elon Musk
One thing that Musk holds in the highest regard is resolve, and he respects people who continue on after being told no.
- @ashleevance @elonmusk
One thing that Musk holds in the highest regard is resolve, and he respects people who continue on after being told no.
- @ashleevance @elonmusk
50. The Lean Startup
As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.
- @ericries
As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.
- @ericries
51. Total Recall
When I wanted to know more about business and politics, I used the same approach I did when I wanted to learn about acting: I got to know as many people as I could who were really good at it.
- @Schwarzenegger
When I wanted to know more about business and politics, I used the same approach I did when I wanted to learn about acting: I got to know as many people as I could who were really good at it.
- @Schwarzenegger
52. Fight Club
At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.
- @chuckpalahniuk
At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.
- @chuckpalahniuk
53. The Obstacle is the Way
Our perceptions determine, to an incredibly large degree, what we are and are not capable of. In many ways, they determine reality itself.
- @RyanHoliday
Our perceptions determine, to an incredibly large degree, what we are and are not capable of. In many ways, they determine reality itself.
- @RyanHoliday
54. The E-Myth Revisited
What you do in your model is not nearly as important as doing what you do the same way, each and every time.
- @MichaelEGerber
What you do in your model is not nearly as important as doing what you do the same way, each and every time.
- @MichaelEGerber
55. The Tipping Point
That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first.
- @Gladwell
That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first.
- @Gladwell
56. Sapiens
The real difference between us and chimpanzees is the mythical glue that binds together large numbers of individuals, families and groups. This glue has made us the masters of creation.
- @harari_yuval
The real difference between us and chimpanzees is the mythical glue that binds together large numbers of individuals, families and groups. This glue has made us the masters of creation.
- @harari_yuval
57. The Power of Habit
This is how willpower becomes a habit: by choosing a certain behavior ahead of time, and then following that routine when an inflection point arrives.
- @cduhigg
This is how willpower becomes a habit: by choosing a certain behavior ahead of time, and then following that routine when an inflection point arrives.
- @cduhigg
58. Hooked
Our brains are adapted to seek rewards that make us feel accepted, attractive, important, and included.
- @nireyal
Our brains are adapted to seek rewards that make us feel accepted, attractive, important, and included.
- @nireyal
59. Rework
The core of your business should be built around things that won’t change. Things that people are going to want today and ten years from now. Those are the things you should invest in.
- @jasonfried @dhh
The core of your business should be built around things that won’t change. Things that people are going to want today and ten years from now. Those are the things you should invest in.
- @jasonfried @dhh
60. How to Win at the Sport of Business
In sports, the only thing a player can truly control is effort. The same applies to business. The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.
- @mcuban
In sports, the only thing a player can truly control is effort. The same applies to business. The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.
- @mcuban
61. Atomic Habits
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
- @JamesClear
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
- @JamesClear
63. Relentless
Being relentless means demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you, knowing that every time you stop, you can still do more. You must do more.
- @ATTACKATHLETICS
Being relentless means demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you, knowing that every time you stop, you can still do more. You must do more.
- @ATTACKATHLETICS
64. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another.
- @IAmMarkManson
Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another.
- @IAmMarkManson
65. Start With Why
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.
- @simonsinek
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.
- @simonsinek
68. You Are a Badass
What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.
- @JenSincero
What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.
- @JenSincero
69. Mindset
I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.
- @MindsetWorks
I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could.
- @MindsetWorks
70. Tiny Habits
there are only three things we can do that will create lasting change: Have an epiphany, change our environment, or change our habits in tiny ways.
- @bjfogg
there are only three things we can do that will create lasting change: Have an epiphany, change our environment, or change our habits in tiny ways.
- @bjfogg
71. Losing my Virginity
It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.
- @richardbranson
It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.
- @richardbranson
72. Living with a SEAL
Most of my successes in life have come from learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
- @JesseItzler
Most of my successes in life have come from learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
- @JesseItzler
73. What you do is who you are
There’s a saying in the military that if you see something below standard and do nothing, then you’ve set a new standard.
- @bhorowitz
There’s a saying in the military that if you see something below standard and do nothing, then you’ve set a new standard.
- @bhorowitz
74. Willpower Doesn't Work
Success isn’t that difficult; it merely involves taking twenty steps in a singular direction. Most people take one step in twenty directions.
- @BenjaminPHardy
Success isn’t that difficult; it merely involves taking twenty steps in a singular direction. Most people take one step in twenty directions.
- @BenjaminPHardy
75. Thinking In Bets
In most of our decisions, we are not betting against another person. Rather, we are betting against all the future versions of ourselves that we are not choosing.
- @AnnieDuke
In most of our decisions, we are not betting against another person. Rather, we are betting against all the future versions of ourselves that we are not choosing.
- @AnnieDuke
77. The Third Door
While there’s a time for studying what’s worked for other people, there are moments when you have to go all in on what makes you unique.
- @AlexBanayan
While there’s a time for studying what’s worked for other people, there are moments when you have to go all in on what makes you unique.
- @AlexBanayan
78. Doing Content Right
Anything that you've spent an above average time learning about can be translated into information that is going to be valuable to the average person.
- @stephsmithio
Anything that you've spent an above average time learning about can be translated into information that is going to be valuable to the average person.
- @stephsmithio
80. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.
- @theRealKiyosaki
Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.
- @theRealKiyosaki
81. Founders at Work
I'd say determination is the single most important quality in a startup founder. If the founders I spoke with were superhuman in any way, it was in their perseverance.
- @jesslivingston
I'd say determination is the single most important quality in a startup founder. If the founders I spoke with were superhuman in any way, it was in their perseverance.
- @jesslivingston
82. Why We Sleep
When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't.
- @sleepdiplomat
When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't.
- @sleepdiplomat
84. The Signal and the Noise
Finding patterns is easy in any kind of data-rich environment; that’s what mediocre gamblers do. The key is in determining whether the patterns represent noise or signal.
- @NateSilver538
Finding patterns is easy in any kind of data-rich environment; that’s what mediocre gamblers do. The key is in determining whether the patterns represent noise or signal.
- @NateSilver538
85. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- @harukimurakami_
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- @harukimurakami_
86. The Compound Effect
Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE
- @DARRENHARDY
Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE
- @DARRENHARDY
87. Principles
If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential
- @RayDalio
If you’re not failing, you’re not pushing your limits, and if you’re not pushing your limits, you’re not maximizing your potential
- @RayDalio
88. Call Me Ted
It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.
- @TedTurnerIII
It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.
- @TedTurnerIII
89. Make
If you don't have problems that are original enough, become a more original person.
- @levelsio
If you don't have problems that are original enough, become a more original person.
- @levelsio
91. The Inevitable
This is not a race against the machines. If we race against them, we lose. This is a race with the machines.
- @kevin2kelly
This is not a race against the machines. If we race against them, we lose. This is a race with the machines.
- @kevin2kelly
92. Predictably Irrational
the more we have, the more we want. And the only cure is to break the cycle of relativity.
- @danariely
the more we have, the more we want. And the only cure is to break the cycle of relativity.
- @danariely
93. Quiet
There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.
- @susancain
There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.
- @susancain
95. Small Giants
You can’t build a small giant if you’re in an industry where your success depends on how big your company becomes.
- @BoBurlingham
You can’t build a small giant if you’re in an industry where your success depends on how big your company becomes.
- @BoBurlingham
96. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
History is a tale, Franklin came to believe, not of immutable forces but of human endeavors.
- @WalterIsaacson
History is a tale, Franklin came to believe, not of immutable forces but of human endeavors.
- @WalterIsaacson
97. Influence
people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.
- @RobertCialdini
people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.
- @RobertCialdini
99. The War of Art
Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do.
- @SPressfield
Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do.
- @SPressfield
100. The Slight Edge
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.
- @JeffOlson_
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.
- @JeffOlson_
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