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Excuses make today easy, but they make tomorrow hard. Discipline makes today hard, but it makes tomorrow easy.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking - Haruki Murakami

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know." — Aristotle

Always be learning, always be asking questions

Create more than you consume

Be humble. For the world will force humbleness upon you.

Momentum builds momentum

Thinking about the effort and hard work is what is keeping us stuck, instead of thinking of the pay off.

ABC - Always Be Curious

Small steps lead to significant progress.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality - Seneca

Only the disciplined ones in life are free - Eluid Kipchoge

You can have 1000 problems in life until you have a health problem. Then you only have 1 problem.

The Red Car Theory: the idea that once you start focusing on something, you begin to notice it everywhere due to selective attention and confirmation bias.

Don't be afraid of losing people. Be afraid of losing yourself by trying to please everyone around you.

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people - Eleanor Roosevolt

Be mindful of your self-talk. It's a conversation with the Universe - David James

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection - Mark Twain

Health is not valued till sickness comes - Thomas Fuller

You become like the people you hang around, and to a great degree, you end up going wherever they're headed - Bob Goff

Lack of boundaries invites lack of respect - Unknown

The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal you must 5-4-3-2-1 and physically move or your brain will stop you - The 5 Second rule by Mel Robbins

If I had to suggest one effective productivity method, it has be the Pomodoro Technique for its simple structure and powerful impact on focus and efficiency.

The mind is a master at creating imaginery disasters. You spiral, overanalyze, and hesitate, stuck in an endless loop of fear-based thinking.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of your will - Epictetus

Let go of perfection, embrace progress

Don't mistake kindness for weakness

Teaching is one of best forms of learning

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

The path of least risk is the greatest risk of all (From a medium article)

Protégé Effect - a concept in learning that suggests we learn more effectively by teaching information to others.

Discipline over motivation anyday.

Patience is the key

Embrace boredom. There's a separate chapter in the book 'Deep Work' by Cal Newport which talks about why boredom is necessary for thoughts and creative ideas to generate.