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"When you do what you’re best at when you’re at your best in the best conditions you can create, your work comes alive. And so do you." — Carey Nieuwhof

"Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions." — Jim Collins

"The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away." — David Viscott

"It is a lifelong quest for more knowledge, more courage, more humility, and more belief. Because when you summon the strength and discipline to live like that, the only thing limiting your horizons is you." — David Goggins

"If there are nine rabbits on the ground, if you want to catch one, just focus on one." — Jack Ma

"Growth is driven by compounding, which always takes time. Destruction is driven by single points of failure, which can happen in seconds, and loss of confidence, which can happen in an instant." — Morgan Housel

"An organised life start with an organised inbox." — Socrates

"The truth is that you are living in a system that is pouring acid on your attention every day, and then you are being told to blame yourself and to fiddle with your own habits while the world’s attention burns." — Johann Hari

"Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities." — Criss Jami

"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you." — Brian Tracy

"Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough." - Alain de Botton

"When it comes to careers, instead of searching for the job where we’ll be happiest, we might be better off pursuing the job where we expect to learn and contribute the most." - Adam Grant

Don't waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on. - Clarissa Pinkola Estés

It is important to understand that there is a difference between interest and commitment: When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit, but when you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. - Brian P. Morgan

"Instead of searching for beauty in perfection, we should look for it in things that are flawed, incomplete" - Hector Garcia

"As I studied top performers, I realized they moved way past time management and were highly focused on managing not just their time but their energy. Usually they had one thing in common: they did what they were best at when they were at their best." - Carey Nieuwhof

"Don't waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on." - Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“The things you used to own, now they own you.” - Chuck Palahniuk