The most important things in life are measured internally. You have an inner scoreboard. Playing to someone else's scoreboard is easy. But when you look up at the end after winning, you'll feel empty as you discover you won the wrong game. Play your own game.

Avoid things the best version of yourself will regret.

If you don't set your own values, other people will.

The best way to minimize risk is to think.

The degree to which people are willing to non-conform to do the right thing is a big predictor of both success and happiness.

Embrace stress, don't avoid it.

You don't need to be twice as good to get twice the results. You need to be slightly better and let it compound over time. The world will do the rest of the work for you.

Being scared isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign something matters.

Hard work, consistently applied in the right direction, takes you further than you could imagine.

Understanding more of what you read is better than reading faster.

The key is to ego is distinguishing between when it's serving you and when it's getting in your way.

Your thoughts shape the world you see. The world you see shapes the experiences you have. Your experiences shape your thoughts.

Schedule time to think.

The best thinking is rethinking.

We like it when other people agree with us, which is why we rarely say what we are thinking.

It's one thing to study entrepreneurship, and another to live the entrepreneur's life.

You have to sell yourself before you can sell your ideas.

So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look like an idiot over the short term.

You can't teach drive. You can't teach competitiveness. You can't teach integrity. You can't teach resourcefulness. Hire traits you can't teach.

Trying and struggling looks like incompetence right up until the moment it looks like success.