Axel Deussen

Return OF the Money vs. Return ON the Money.

“Thank you all day long for everything and anything. It's hard for you? Thank you that it's hard for me. You can't do it? Thanks I can't make it. You can't cope with it? Thank you for not being able to cope with it. It makes you sad. Thank you for making me sad. Spend the whole day with thanks. Why? Because there are two possibilities. Either you believe that everything comes from God and serves a good purpose; or you think that's me and blame yourself for everything. Man's only choice is to be happy that he is doing his duty for God.”  ~ Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Roy Batty: “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”

Two thoughts from Max Perutz "People are best judged by their actions." "What is known for certain is dull." … ”You become unstoppable the day embarrassment stops being a price you fear.” ~ Unknown … “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius … “3 time management techniques from Seneca:  - Remember that you will die  - Be ruthless to things that don't matter  - Put your day up for review” ~ Ryan Holiday  … “The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew, dismantling civilization bit by bit — replacing what works with what sounds good.” ~ Thomas Sowell … If your emotions could talk: Anger - Something needs to change. Jealousy - This is what you really want, let it inspire you. Guilt - You did something that doesn't match your values. Fear - Your greatest strength is hiding here-look closer. Shame - This part of you needs love and acceptance. Frustration - You're stuck - try a new way. … Peter Lynch turned $18M into $14B. His 6 rules for stock selection: 1. Trailing P/E < 25 2. Forward P/E < 15 3. Debt/Equity < 35% 4. EPS Growth > 15% 5. PEG Ratio < 2 6. Market Cap > $5B … “One of the most underrated skills you can learn is the ability to ignore your mood and stick with the plan.” ~ Unknown … “No amount of information will ever make you feel fully ready. No amount of approval will hand you confidence, and no amount of success will leave you completely fulfilled. At some point you just have to do the thing anyway.” ~ Caroline Leaf … “Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.” ~ ​Kurt Vonnegut … “To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.” ~ Claude Monet … “If you’re depressed become interested in something.” ~ Unknown … “No matter how good the data is, learning requires comparing what we expected with what happened, and that means having written it down beforehand.” ~ José Luis Casal … Two thoughts from  Simone Weil   “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” "Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny." … ”If you stay rational yourself, the stupidity of the world helps you.” ~ Charlie Munger … “If you're not failing, you're not pushing your limits, and if you're not pushing your limits, you're not maximizing your potential.” ~ Ray Dalio … “The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion and have others listen to it. The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but, crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense.” ~ Prof. Brian Cox … “I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” ~ Lee Rosten … “Former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink said it right: “Other than death, all defeats are psychological. Never give up.” … “The fear of failure doesn't prevent failure. It guarantees it.” ~ Mark Manson … “Every pattern in your life repeats until you learn the lesson. The moment you choose differently, the loop ends and growth begins.” ~ Unknown … “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” ~ Henry Ford … “Not sure who needs to hear this, but being everywhere isn't leadership. It actually makes you the bottleneck.” ~ Marc Randolph … To quote Fight Club again, “We buy things we don’t need, to impress people we don’t like." … “Hang out with people who have a common future rather than a common past.” ~ Anthony Pompliano … “My father always used to say, don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.” ~ Desmond Tutu … Josh Kaufman "You can't make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new." “Paradox of Automation: the more efficient the Automated system, the more crucial the contribution of the human operators of that system.”