Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

People are poor judges of importance and inflate minutiae to fill time and feel important.

Great creative work isn’t possible if you’re trying to piece together 30 minutes here and 45 minutes there.

It doesn’t take much to seem superhuman and appear “successful” to nearly everyone around you. In fact, you just need one rule: What you do is more important than how you do everything else, and doing something well does not make it important.

Babe Ruth struck out all the time, but he’s not remembered for that. He’s remembered for what worked.

You develop confidence through action, and you have to have courage first.

Most “superheroes” are nothing of the sort. They’re weird, neurotic creatures who do big things despite lots of self-defeating habits and self-talk.

If I want a better-than-average career, I can’t simply ‘go with the flow’ and get it. Most people do just that: they wish for an outcome but make no intention-driven actions toward that outcome. If they would just do something most people would find that they get some version of the outcome they’re looking for. That’s been my secret. Stop wishing and start doing.

The gems I’ve found were forged in the struggle.

Big things are coming.

Age doesn’t matter: an open mind does.

Never, ever give up.

Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Stop wishing and start doing.

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

Give vulnerability a shot. Give discomfort its due. Because I think he or she who is willing to be the most uncomfortable is not only the bravest, but rises the fastest.

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 and energy-consuming.

The objective is to control your time – a non-renewable resource – and apply it where you have the highest leverage or enjoyment.

If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers.

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life. 

Just because they say it can’t be done doesn’t make it so.

If you want to have more, do more, and be more, it all begins with the voice that no one else hears.