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Amateurs have a goal. Professionals have a system.

Most people are metaphysically and spiritually dead by the time they hit middle age. Their curiosity is stifled by their day-to-day obligations. They know very little about the complex world they live in. Don't even care to know. They mistake their narrow little reality tunnel as "life."

They cling to certainties and belief systems and hardly ever take the time to read profound books that'll shake things up. They "believe" what they've been taught, what they've been conditioned to think.

They are the majority and the whimpering world we all inhabit reflects this.

In such case you'll find yourself spending most of your time fighting to not become a complete bureaucrat, and eventually using only the minority (if any) of your time doing actual work.

However there's plenty of people that's there to "strategize", to "synergize", they're on online calls all day long, it's all career path and promotions and (hopefully) golden parachutes for them, so they'll call it exactly the opposite of "dull". What you call "dull" is actually their goal.

Left unchecked organizations default to bureaucracy. People default to distraction.

It doesn't take long for 3 priorities to become 10. It doesn't take long for 2 people in a meeting to become 8. It doesn't take long to move from people making decisions to committees.

The most productive organizations and people spend a lot of energy fighting what feels good in pursuit of what gets results.

Ideology is like accent. If you think you don't have one, you haven't spent a lot of time around people who don't share yours.

If you don’t bring it with you, you won’t find it there.

Poem on pilgrimage (travel)

The person who focuses on fewer things goes further than the person distracted by many.

There are a lot of things you don't control.

You don't get to pick your parents.

You don't get to pick the country you are born in.

You don't get to pick your given talent.

You don't get to pick the test.

You don't control where you start, but you can change where you go.

Integrity is a choice.

Kindness is a choice.

Hard work is a choice.

Preparation is a choice.

Consistency is a choice.

Your attitude is a choice.

Your response is a choice.

The people you hang around are a choice.

Changing your trajectory is a choice.

Negotiations: “If you aren’t at the table, you are on the menu".

Ne dozvolite detetu normalnu muziku niti književnost. Biće mu muka od onoga što ga okružuje. Ja već posle Servantesa nisam mogao, bez suza, da gledam ovo đubre oko nas. Dajte mu nešto lagano, optimistično, kako bi dete moglo da postane javni tužilac ili potpredsednica Vlade.