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Daniel p. 152
"by the standard of pleasure, nothing is more pleasant than self-control and... nothing is more painful than lack of self-control." Nobody who has given themselves over to excess is having a good time. No one enslaved to their appetites is free.
Daniel p. 141
Daniel p. 141
If your standards are so high that you give up when you fall short of them, then actually you don't have high standards. What you have are excuses.
Daniel p. 138
"Every fighter should be a little afraid of what could happen to him," Patterson would reflect on the fight later, "because fear makes your mind sharper. When you have nothing to fear, your mind becomes dull."
Daniel p. 137
Daniel p. 137
To procrastinate is to be entitled. It is arrogant. It assumes there will be a later. It assumes you'll have the discipline to get to it later (despite not having the discipline now).
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when you study people who've created extraordinary lives, you realize they didn't follow templates for career paths and lifestyles; they designed their own blueprint.
Ultra Successful p. 60
Ultra Successful p. 60
• Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action. • It is desire, not intelligence, that prompts behavior.
Ultra Successful p. 54
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