Steal My 36 Learnings From This Week | Snapshot Week #31
#lifelessons + #startup + #writing + #growth + #habits + #freelancing
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Here, I’m sharing 36 learnings of the week. These learnings are the ones that I have derived from others’ writings. I’ve quoted the article’s source as well as the authors’ name because I’m a huge believer in gratitude.
Before jumping into the learnings, you might want to read the why and the how of this article. Trust me, the process is interesting. You’d like adopting the same.
So here we go:
#lifelessons
- “Regardless of your past, your tomorrow is a clean slate.” — Zig Ziglar | Christopher D. Connors
- “You cannot stop the waves, but you can learn to surf” | Raul Ballesteros
- “Freedom is not an accident” | Darius Foroux
- “Motives will always be questioned” | Tom Kuegler
- “Extreme goals tell apart the real limitations from the self-imposed ones” | Maarten van Doorn
- “Goals are like bacon: whatever you add them to, it’s going to make it better” | Maarten van Doorn
#startup
- “Take what you know, and share it” | Nicolas Cole
- “A great way to stick to what you say is to be open about it and create some accountability by telling others” | Jordan Gross
- “Hire a VC who is happy to just write a check” | Sunny Dhillon
- “Are you in business because you want to get some benefits out of it, or because you genuinely want to solve problems for people?” | Tim Rettig
- “The internet makes dumb people dumber and smart people smarter.” –Kevin Drum | Chad Grills
- “You need to start at the end” | Bram Krommenhoek
#writing
- “When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” Enrique Jardiel Poncela |William Ballard, MBA
- “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann | Nick Maccarone
- “Just say what you do” | Nicolas Cole
- “Don’t focus on gaming the system; focus on writing better” | Anthony Moore
- “The right words, in the right order, in the right place, at the right time, sets off billions of neurons in the reader’s brain.” | Herbert Lui
- “Freelancing can give you a taste of working for yourself full-time” | Shannon Ashley
#growth
- “Give up short-term raises for long-term jackpots” | Nicolas Cole
- “Focus on signal over noise. Don’t waste time on stuff that doesn’t actually make things better.” | Dan Silvestre
- “The basic idea is that if you can find what worked for someone who HAS what you want and who THINKS like you want to think, then you can compress 10 years of learning in to 1 year.” | Mitchell Harper
- “Tell them BEFORE they sign-up through a landing page” | Liz Hubertz
- “Only in a state of discomfort can you grow.” -Bill Eckstrom, Tedx Speaker | Anthony Moore
- “Shared goals & team buy-in are key for sustainable growth.” | Kristen Proctor
#habits
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” — Aristotle. | Samar Nassar
- “Your life is built on small steps” | Nicolas Cole
- “Keep your first promise of the day.” | Nicolas Cole
- "Make more. Spend less.” | Nicolas Cole
- “Don’t celebrate until the job is done” | John Mashni
- “The power of doing nothing at all” | Aytekin Tank
#freelancing
- “If you want to write for a living, plenty of people are going to tell you that it’s impossible. But you have to work past that negativity.” | Shannon Ashley
- “If the client asks for an hourly rate, give it to them instantly and confidently, even if you prefer to not to price that way.” | Benek Lisefski
- “Work your way up (Much like a traditional job)” | Matt Cooper
- “Nobody pays high rates for writing — they pay high rates for what the writing does for them.” | Sean Meyer
- “Go for clients who bring you clients” | Alex Busson
- “People don’t buy a drill because they want a drill, they buy a drill because they want the hole” | Sean Meyer
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