Dickie Bush Quotes

Humans work better with binary rules than spectrum rules.

The best example: the speed limit versus red lights.

Everyone speeds a little bit, but almost no one runs red lights.

This idea can be applied everywhere.

You’d be much further along if you started back when you first thought about getting started.

The returns from being early have never been higher.

But the window for being early has never been shorter.

I've found that anxiety is a signal for action.

Rather than letting it hunt you down, probe deeper into these feelings. Find what is uncertain or what you’re failing to communicate.

Take control over the parts you can, and DO SOMETHING.

The best writers are really just the best walkers and internet distraction avoiders

Impatience with actions. Patience with results.

One of the most underrated reasons for starting a business is it helps you realize you are the bottleneck to growth

Measure twice, cut once leads to too much measuring and not enough cutting.

Start cutting and measure as you go.

The goal is to build generational wealth through learning, writing, teaching, creating, building, selling, and, most importantly, helping.

Quick hack to write something high-quality:

Swiftly write something low-quality, then improve it.

Bad copywriting:

• Here's my product
• Here's what it does
• Here's what's so good about it

Good copywriting:

• Here's your problem
• Here's the benefit of solving it
• Here's why what you've tried has failed
• And by the way here's a product that will help you solve it

Seek polarity.

The best results come from working at the extremes - fully on or fully off.

The worst results come from spending time in the greyscale - halfway on or halfway off.

A good mental model for getting smarter: am I asking more questions than answers I'm giving?

The top idea in your mind is where your mind will wander if it's left to wander.

Make sure the idea that keeps popping up is the one you want to keep popping up.

"I just don't feel like writing today." said the professional writer who proceeded to sit down and write anyway.