Self-control is the ability to master your fears, desires, and other emotions. - Shane Parrish

Doing something different means you might underperform, but it also means you might change the game entirely.

Denzel Washington reminds us of this point: “You never know who you touch. You never know how or when you’ll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else.

we are all accustomed to believe that maps and reality are necessarily related, or that if they are not, we can make them so by altering reality.