Consistency compounds, but so does distraction.

Without a deadline, challenging tasks will never get completed. We'll either procrastinate or obsess over perfection. Set a deadline first and start the work next. You're much more likely to ship, refine, and improve this way.

"The best things in life often aren’t miracles, but well-thought out approaches that are sustainable." — Steph Smith

Have a plan, but be willing to change it if the situation demands.

It's not enough to know about something. We should be able to apply it when the situation demands. That's what counts.

KYC should be renamed KYCAAAAAAAA (Know Your Customer Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and....

"But I couldn't help..." As long as you are controlled by your impulses, you're prone to misery.

This is a strong point. India can become a superpower not when our buying power increases, but when our ability to sell our local products to the West increases. That's when we will have more bargaining chips at the table.

People have strong opinions about what leaders and businesses should do, but don't have a clue about what to do with their own lives.

Creativity is not just a result of note-taking but also note-retrieving. So, build a system to reflect and retrieve.

Perfection is just a glorified version of being stuck in your own head.

You will be judged no matter who you are. Better to be judged for someone you are rather than someone you are not. That way, you will at least have fun in your life.

The best journeys are the ones you enjoy for the sake of themselves, not for a destination.

We don't have to get better at saying no, we have to get better at what we say yes to. When we're working on what matters, the unimportant slides away by itself.

"Life is short and time is precious, and any book that doesn’t have you turning the pages is not the book for you right now." — Austin Kleon

We're not hurt by others' actions but by our own expectations. Source: Work and its Secret (Essay by Swami Vivekananda)

This essay by Paul Graham is a fantastic idea for a podcast (and a subsequent book) paulgraham.com/foundermode.ht… It may be a niche since most people are interested in scaling... but it could spring up amazing insights from founders who have chosen to stay small.

Saying you will start tomorrow is as good as saying you will never start.

Self-rejection is one of the biggest enemies to progress. Don't reject an idea you have (unless you have data). Put it out there. Let others reject it. Some of the best books and products today were seen as terrible/outrageous ideas in the early days.

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