Darius Foroux Quotes

I’ve often been too hard on myself because I didn’t have an instant answer to my personal problems. That doesn’t make you dumb. It makes you human.

Checking is not a useful thing. It might be a verb, but it’s not a real action. When I started blogging, I always checked my stats for no reason. Then I thought: What’s the outcome of checking? Nothing. You just consume information. I try to keep my “checking” at a minimum. That’s why I deleted all news and social media apps on my phone. I don’t even have email on my phone. Otherwise, I check it all the time. I don’t want that. I only want to check my email when I have time to answer emails.

Good things come to those who wait,

you don’t regret what you did in life, you regret what you didn’t do.

Life is not about what you know. It’s about what you don’t know. And we never know enough. That’s good news for the both of us. It means that until the day we die, we can keep learning.

No matter what you experience in life, and no matter what happens to you, your mind should stay calm under all circumstances

I’ve used nothing but my thoughts to live a happier, healthier, wealthier, and more meaningful life.

the only reason I think is that I want to do more with my life. I like to get more out of it because it gives me satisfaction.

Yeah, yeah, you have the memory of an elephant. Or you’re so smart that you remember everything, right? WRONG. Not writing down your thoughts, ideas, tasks, etc, is stupid. Why? Because you’re wasting a lot of brain power when you rely on your memory. When you write everything down, you can use your brainpower for other things. Like solving problems. That’s actually useful and advances your career.

if you want to climb the corporate ladder, you have to form alliances, be strategic, outperform your targets, and be great at what you do.

published in the American Psychological Society journal, by Dianne Tice and Roy Baumeister discusses the cost of procrastination. It is related to: Depression Irrational beliefs Low self-esteem Anxiety Stress Procrastination is not innocent behavior. It’s a sign of poor self-regulation. Researchers even compare procrastination to alcohol and drug abuse. It’s serious. And I’ve experienced that for many years.

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

When you stop doing things the way they’re done, you’ll start doing things how you get it done.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.” Thinking is not only hard — it’s the single most important thing in life. Remember: The quality of our thoughts determines the quality of our lives.