Hanging by a Thread
- if you know where we have been, you realize we have no idea where we’re going
Risk is What you Don’t See
- Risk is what’s left over after
you think you’ve thought of everything
- Risk is all the things that came surprisingly into your life without alerting you, things that you didn’t set plans for.
Expectations and Reality
- If you only wish to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people and this is always difficult for us to believe others to be happier than they are.
- the world isn’t driven by greed, it’s driven by envy.
- The First law of happiness is low expectations.If you have
unrealistic expectations you’re going to be miserable your whole
life. You want to have reasonable expectations and take life’s
results, good and bad, as they happen with a certain amount of
stoicism.
- the expectation side of that equation is not only important,
but it’s often more in your control than managing your circumstances.
Wild Minds
- People who think about the world in unique ways you like also think about the world in unique ways you won’t like.
- If you’re not willing to do a wholesale, 24/7, 100 percent swap with who that person is, then there is no point in being jealous.
Wild Numbers
- People don’t accuracy they want certainty
Best Story Wins
- Humor is the best way to show you’re smart without bragging
- when topics are complex stories are like leverage
- The most persuasive stories are about what you want to believe is true,
or are an extension of what you’ve experienced firsthand