How To Fail At Almost Anything and Still Win Big
This book is HIGHLY underrated! @ScottAdamsSays (creator of the comic Dilbert) is incredible and writes in a way that is so conversational and easy to digest.
This book is a “success book for the every-man”. For those that are in the trenches, working their 9-5 and wondering if there’s another life trajectory…
Hint— there is.
Here are my 10 favorite quotes:
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It was only right to start it off with a comic strip of his from Dilbert.
“A hammer is good only if you stop pounding after the nail is all the way in. Keep pounding and you break the wood.”
“Sometimes the only real difference between crazy people and artists is that artists write down what they imagine seeing.”
“timing is often the biggest component of success. And since timing is often hard to get right unless you are psychic, it makes sense to try different things until you get the timing right by luck.”
“Don't worry if your idea is a long shot. That's not what matters right now. Today you want to daydream of your idea being a huge success so you can enjoy the feeling. Let your ideas for the future fuel your energy today. No matter what you want to do in life, higher energy will help you get there.”
“The smartest system for discerning your best path to success involves trying lots of different things-sampling, if you will. For entrePreneurial ventures it might mean quickly bailing out if things don't come together quickly.”
“Don't assume you know how much potential you have. Sometimes the only way to know what you can do is to test yourself.”
“The only reasonable goal in life is maximizing your total lifetime experience of something called happiness.”
“Don't let reality control your imagination. Let your imagination be the user interface to steer your reality.”
“And always remember that failure is your friend. It is the raw material of success. Invite it in. Learn from it. And don't let it leave until you pick its pocket. That's a system. The End”
