“It’s better to live one day as a lion than a thousand years as a sheep” — Mussolini

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We confuse experts and scholars in this country. Scholars can synthesize. Experts have operational experiences. We need a combination of both. — Jack Ma (translated)

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: ‘Wow! What a Ride!'” – Hunter S. Thompson

People have no idea what they want or what they value, so they are drawn to what other people want. It is hard to develop your own true preferences.

Happiness is an idea foreign to nature. A sort of construct (that can oversimplify and/or be useful) like religion. Instead of asking “what would make me happy”… imagine yourself as an amoeba. What drives do you want to satisfy/eliminate? Go from there. h/t @naval

There is rarely such a thing as neutral. There is duality in everything. Non-action is still a decision. Embrace that there will be contrast.

How to touch the sky: ignore the sirens. every day. every hour.

“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Everyone wants you to forget you’re going to die. Because then they can convince you what to do. My dad died, then my friend avicii died, then my friend mac died, and one day im gonna die. Before then I’ll live live live” – Mike Posner