joshuago’s life-lessons Bookmarks

Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place.

Hustling doing whatever you have to do, for however long as you have to do it, until you reach your goal. The world belongs to those who hustle, and the world needs hustlers.

If you screw up at your job you can always get another one, but if you screw up your family, especially your relationship with your children, it will stay with you and stay screwed up forever.

Practice deliberately. Get back to basics. Put down your ego and specifically concentrate on the areas where you make the most mistakes.

Being bored is awesome. Savor it. "My creativity flourished because of the soul-crushing boredom of my childhood."

When might it be your time to "quit"? You can quit things like businesses or projects if you know they are merely one means to your passion. You know if you've done your very best to make it work. But what you can't quit is fighting for your purpose, and living, and finding new, more effective ways to bring forth your passions in the world.

Start saving early, because compound interest does wonders. And do whatever it takes to create or maintain fire in your belly.

The call to help the needy plays a major role in Christianity's history and is utterly central to its message. This should never be forgotten. The way to do something is to see the needy as people first, not projects.

Introverts don't outwardly complain, but instead roll their eyes and silently curse the darkness.

Going out and actually seeking rejection hammers home the lesson that it's not about you, and that you shouldn't be afraid to ask. You'd be surprised what people will eventually say yes to.