Patrick Bet-David Quotes

What holds people back is the fear of being judged.

After all, isn’t the point of learning to help you get what you want? Don’t you have to start with what you want and figure out what you have to learn in order to get it?

The only thing separating us from greatness is a vision and a plan for achieving greatness. When you’re fighting for a cause, a dream, something greater than yourself, you will find the enthusiasm, passion, and joy that make life a great adventure. The key is identifying your cause and knowing who you want to be.

If you want to get to the top, there’s always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

Poor processors play the victim and blame others and external events rather than seeing how they contributed to the problem. You know you’re witnessing a poor processor when you don’t hear the word “I.” You’ll hear him or her say things such as “All millennials are lazy. These kids have no work ethic. They are causing my business to suffer.

Use Your Haters and Doubters to Drive You

What differentiates mediocre people from exceptional ones is how deeply they process. Most people are surface-level processors, but the best of the best go much deeper. Long-term thinking versus short-term thinking is the difference between a grand master and an amateur. Surface-level processors are looking for a quick fix. They are thinking only one move ahead, and their goal is to make the issue disappear for now. Deep-level processors look beneath the surface for causes. They are thinking several moves ahead and planning a sequence of moves to make sure the issue doesn’t happen again.

Studying yourself helps you reach self-acceptance, which liberates you from self-judgment.

This book is about taking the vision and mindset of a chess master and applying it to business.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, changed his country’s direction until his inability to handle too much power led to the fall of an empire. He’s a reminder to never get so confident as to underestimate an opponent such as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the revolt that exiled him.

You can predict success by how quickly people move at the speed of instruction.

You're going to use experiences to become either bitter or better. To get better you must reflect on your mistakes.

Set Your Lions Free, and Empower Them to Build Empires The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said, “If a lion could speak, we could not understand him.” You have to learn how to deal with lions (standout performers). Lions build empires, and they lead people. They’re also going to provide the most revenue and the most headaches. They’re demanding and short-fused. At times, it may seem as though they have no feelings. Many are disorganized and seem to be all over the place.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting freedom, but it may feel empty once you’ve attained it.

I didn’t realize that, to find the key to my success, exactly what I needed was someone to insult my last name and my father. I learned that I do better fighting for others than for myself.