Society is becoming accustomed to delaying gratification less and less, which means the payoff of delaying gratification grows more and more.

If you want to be rich, then be kind. It’s hard to create wealth unless you work well with others, and it’s hard to work well with others if you are unlikable. Even if you can do it without kindness, rich jerks end up poor in friendship. You can buy friends, but not good ones.

Good revisions make great writing. Don't try to write twice as well. Simply write it twice, and you'll write well.

Focus on what you can control... which is a surprising amount when you are focused and committed.

Type I thoughts = ideas you have Type II thoughts = ideas you act upon Type I thoughts have never changed the world.

It’s crazy how 1,000 people can compliment you and you’ll spend all day thinking about the one person who criticized you.

Writing is the antidote to confusion.

Raise your ambitions. Lower your expectations. The higher your ambitions, the bolder your actions. The lower your expectations, the greater your satisfaction. Change the world and be happy along the way.

“Measure twice, cut once.” Avoid wasted effort. “Build once, sell twice.” Multiply your effort.

If you never copy best practices, you’ll have to repeat all the mistakes yourself. If you only copy best practices, you’ll always be one step behind the leaders.

Be forgiving with your past self. Be strict with your present self. Be flexible with your future self.

Be “selectively ignorant.” Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the more broadly knowledgable you can be.

Here’s how this scene was viewed live in Australia. One of America’s closest and most dependable allies. Rendered speechless. Just watch.

Don't know if anyone has told you this, but it's okay to post something on social media as a form of self-expression. Just for you. Just because. And nothing else. Removing the need to be self-validated through likes, comments and shares, will make you much happier.

Observe the world as it is—do not demand it to be a certain way—and you will have a chance of seeing the truth.

Success eats itself. The more successful you become, the more opportunities come your way. The more new things you take on, the less time you spend doing what made you successful in the first place. For success to persist, your threshold for saying yes must increase.

The more disciplined your environment is, the less disciplined you need to be. Don't swim upstream.

Be radically proactive about any behavior that pays off in 10 years.

What looks like talent is often careful preparation. What looks like skill is often persistent revision.

Imagine that you get six months with no outside demands or responsibilities. Your only job is to find your ideal spot to think and write. Where do you go and what does it look like?