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Quote

• "A ship is safest in a harbor but that is not what ships are made for" - u/happy_K in r/wallstreetbets
• "when you come from nothing, you appreciate everything" - Snoop Dogg
• "The grass is greener where it is watered. You've stopped pouring into your relationship and it has resulted in wilting." - u/ahdrielle
• "Blame should go up, praise should go down." - edot
• "Planning means replacing chance with error." - @tonimaroni72
• "Plateau could become springboard" - Steve Nash (HOF Speech?)
• "Choose problems and people, not brands or timelines"
• "Are you happy with your life, and if not do you have a clear path to reach that?"
• "Humans don't need a common enemy, we need a common GOAL."
• "In theory, there's no difference between theory and practise. In practise there is."
• "If you don't have ideas, read. If you have ideas, but can't articulate them, write. If you have ideas, and have the clarity to execute, build." - Dan Koe
• Yoda, "do or do not there is not try"
• "Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome." - Charlie Munger?
• "Choose your heroes very carefully and then emulate them. You will never be perfect, but you can always be better." - Warren Buffet (10 Nov 2025, shareholding letter)
• "You will never meet a hater doing better than you" - David Goggins 1:52:30
• showsmanship is salesmanship -- about Elon Musk
• have to "feed my soul"
• "find the weakness in the wall" - The Dawn Wall
• "if you're pushing the edge, eventually you find the edge" - Free Solo
• "think globally, act locally"
• "train your weaknesses and perform with your strengths"
• "when there's an elephant in the room, address it" - Randy Pausch's dad
• "great writing is impossible to misunderstand" - Andrew Lo
• “What is possible? What is likely to happen? What is desirable to have happen?” - Hamming
• “Ilya’s idea to do it. Alex made it work. I got the Nobel prize” - Goeffrey Hinton
• “Path of least resistance” - Kelsey Hightower
• “If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written a Shorter Letter”
• “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional” - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
• “Progress over perfection” - Elena Verna
• “something good happens everyday” - Elizabeth Stone
• “Story before glory” - Kendrick Lamar
• “Advice Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated to Be Effective”
• “Make a decision when you are comfortable with it” – separate decision from discussion - Jean Chrétien (91 yo Canadian PM)
• “Stay true to yourself, be kind to others.”
• “progress can happen slowly, but should be meaningful”
• “The whole point of saving and investing is delaying gratification in the present to enjoy some gratification in the future.”
• “Not math, not engineering, communication.” - [Andrew Ng advice to Pieter Abbeel]((https://alum.kuleuven.be/eng/news/alumnus-pieter-abbeel)
• “Good shooting is an acquired thing” - Cam Johnson
• “if can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything”

Blog

• The Lesson of Grace in Teaching - Francis Su
• Your Strengths Are Your Weaknesses
• Go, Jeff, Wacky Ideas.

Thought

• best way to learn is to “ask good questions”?
• past is never wasted when it connects to the future.
• make time your best friend
• ride the energy

Talk

• Last Lecture Series: How to Design a Winnable Game – Graham Weaver
  • North Star
  • People around you shape who you are
• Randy Pausch's Last Lecture - Remastered
  • achieving childhood's dreams
  • You can't get there alone
  • be earnest
  • brick walls let us show our dedication
  • Karma

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