The vast majority of people will never find a job that can be an unending source of fulfillment, so that is not the goal here; to free time and automate income is. (Location 290)
The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical. (Location 292)
The blind quest for cash is a fool’s errand. (Location 450)
Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W’s you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it. I call this the “freedom multiplier.” (Location 454)
Different is better when it is more effective or more fun. (Location 563)
Don’t follow a model that doesn’t work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are. (Location 564)
Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly. (Location 591)
“Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it’s important to you and you want to do it “eventually,” just do it and correct course along the way. (Location 611)
Note: I need to just start investing in real estate
It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair. (Location 623)
Fear itself is quite fear-inducing. Most intelligent people in the world dress it up as something else: optimistic denial. (Location 765)
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your “passion” or your “bliss,” I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?” (Location 887)
You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.” (Location 961)
To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others. (Location 1051)
Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important. (Location 1114)
Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? 2. Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness? (Location 1141)
Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion. (Location 1226)
There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson’s Law). (Location 1230)
Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? (Location 1265)
Note: I was using reading as an invention to avoid writing thank yous 😅
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. (Location 1369)
But what if someone has an emergency? It doesn’t happen. My contacts now know that I don’t respond to emergencies, so the emergencies somehow don’t exist or don’t come to me. (Location 1382)
Focus on what digerati Kathy Sierra calls “just-in-time” information instead of “just-in-case” information. (Location 1470)
Starting something doesn’t automatically justify finishing it. (Location 1473)
Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time. (Location 1513)
Note: This does not come naturally for me, but makes a lot of sense. Not everybody needs to love me all the time
Emergencies are seldom that. People are poor judges of importance and inflate minutiae to fill time and feel important. (Location 1556)
Note: I may be inflating minutua as well.
It is your job to train those around you to be effective and efficient (Location 1607)
Never automate something that can be eliminated, and never delegate something that can be automated or streamlined. (Location 2035)
Look creatively at your resume, work experience, physical habits, and hobbies and compile a list of all the groups, past and present, that you can associate yourself with. (Location 2519)
How is it different and why should I buy it? ONE sentence or phrase, folks. Apple did an excellent job of this with the iPod. Instead of using the usual industry jargon with GB, bandwidth, and so forth, they simply said, “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Done deal. (Location 2541)
I have found that a price range of $50–200 per sale provides the most profit for the least customer service hassle. Price high and then justify. (Location 2556)
Contract outsourcing companies53 that specialize in one function vs. freelancers whenever possible so that if someone is fired, quits, or doesn’t perform, you can replace them without interrupting your business. Hire trained groups of people who can provide detailed reporting and replace one another as needed. 2. Ensure that all outsourcers are willing to communicate among themselves to solve problems, and give them written permission to make most inexpensive decisions without consulting you first (I started at less than $100 and moved to $400 after two months). (Location 3322)
Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn’t make it productive or worthwhile. (Location 3893)
Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you. Chances are that it’s been a while. (Location 4112)
Let’s face it, though: There are tons of things in your home and life that you don’t use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you’re aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions, consuming attention and making unfettered happiness a real chore. It is impossible to realize how distracting all the crap is—whether porcelain dolls, sports cars, or ragged T-shirts—until you get rid of it. (Location 4239)
Oftentimes, in order to do the big things, you have to let the small bad things happen. This is a skill we want to cultivate. (Location 4993)
Fast decisions preserve usable attention for what matters. (Location 5173)
Regret is past-tense decision making. Eliminate complaining to minimize regret. (Location 5184)
What you don’t do determines what you can do. (Location 5202)
