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James Altucher and Dick Costolo
Notes
“The learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again.”
Subtraction, and not addition, is what makes the window to the brain more clear, wipes away the smudges, and opens the drapes.
Rejection — and the fear of rejection — is the biggest impediment we face to choosing ourselves.
Never again should (you) rely on the whims of one person to choose (your) success or failure in any endeavor.
Every time you say yes to something you don’t want to do, this will happen:
- you will resent people
- you will do a bad job
- you will have less energy for the things you were doing a good job on
- you will make less money
Every time you say yes to something you don’t want, your fire starts to go away. You will get burned out.
You can’t help others if you look in the mirror and hate what you see.
The way you get good ideas is to do two things:
- Read two hours a day
- Write ten ideas a day
Collisions: Ideas mate with other ideas to produce idea children. Read other ideas. Compare your new ideas with your old ideas.