The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?

If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.

$1,000,000 in the bank isn't the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows.

It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming and energy consuming. It is easier to raise $10,000,000 than it is $1,000,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.