Don't wait to start writing until you have something to say. Start writing so you can find out what you have to say. You first idea is rarely your b… - James Clear

It's usually more important to be in the right room than to be the smartest person in the room.

A person with great judgment and average intelligence will usually beat someone with great intelligence and average judgment.

Judgment is knowing what room to be in.

Almost anything in life can be learned faster.

Most people learn passively. They wait for insights to come to them.

But you can speed things up by actively searching for useful ideas.

One strategy is to ask the top people what they do. Make their best practices your baseline.

Mental toughness is often framed as the perseverance that gets you across the finish line:

• Find a way to make it happen
• Push through the pain
• Grind it out to the end

But most days, mental toughness isn't about crossing the finish line. It's about getting to the starting line:

• Show up when no one is watching
• Keep your eye on the ball
• Do a little bit every day

Mental toughness is not skipping the days that are easy to skip.