Choosing the right exemplars helps create a repository of “good behavior. - Shane Parrish

First, we’re so afraid about what others will say about us that we fail to put our ideas out there and subject them to criticism. This way we can always be right. Second, if we do put our ideas out there and they are criticized, our ego steps in to protect us. We become invested in defending instead of upgrading our ideas.

Short-term results come from intensity. Long-term results come from consistency.

We’ll never be exceptional at anything unless we raise our standards, both of ourselves and of what’s possible.