The Lessons
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Assume you’re dumber than everyone else: This mindset encourages humility and active learning. It helps you listen more and talk less, which can lead to better decision-making.
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The hardest respect to earn is one’s own: Self-respect is crucial, and it often comes from acting in a way that aligns with your values.
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Control what people say about you: Equip people with simple language to describe what you do. This helps in marketing your products or services.
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Read one great book multiple times: Instead of reading many mediocre books, focus on understanding and applying the knowledge from a few great ones.
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Champions lack something you have: Champions often eliminate distractions and focus more on their goals. They allocate their time differently.
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Goodwill compounds faster than money: Building goodwill with your audience can grow significantly faster than money and can be converted into money in the future.
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You’re going to die: This lesson is about the impermanence of life and the insignificance of others’ opinions about your life.
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Extraordinary accomplishments come from doing ordinary things for extraordinary periods of time: Consistency and dedication to a task over a long period can lead to extraordinary results.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well: Prioritize tasks that are worth your time and effort, and then commit to doing them well.
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Negotiate everything except your values: Everything is negotiable, but your values should remain non-negotiable.
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Humility is about increasing your regard for others: Gaining status comes from giving more to the group than you get.
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The happy man has a thousand wishes, the sad man has one: This lesson is about the importance of quieting the voices in your head and focusing on doing things that make you happy.
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Failure leads to learning, learning leads to success, success leads to complacency, and complacency leads to failure: This is about the cyclical nature of success and failure in entrepreneurship.
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