Quote of the Day - QOTD

[G-Man]

"Must be a real burden to know everything and never have done anything." - my uncle to my cousin in grad school

 

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[jsk29]

"We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training." - Archilochus

 

[GMSI7D]

the quote of the day is from a girl in the street that i met today

this quote is now my way of living


she was raising money in the street

i asked here " how do you stay focused while you are rejected all the day ? "

it doesn't make sense , this is incredible !









she told me :

" yes i am rejected all the day

and yes i don't care at all

because the only thing that matters is success at the end of the journey "



i thanked here for this incredible whipping i just received.

i am 40 and this 20 years old girl knows better than me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!






that's my way of living now


" yes i am rejected but i don't care because at the end success will erase all the pain and disappointment that took place before "

 

[G-Man]

The fishing tackle manufacturer I knew had all these flashy green and purple lures. I asked, ‘Do fish take these?’ ‘Charlie’, he said, ‘I don’t sell these lures to fish.’ - Charlie Munger

 

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[Andy Black]

The fishing tackle manufacturer I knew had all these flashy green and purple lures. I asked, ‘Do fish take these?’ ‘Charlie’, he said, ‘I don’t sell these lures to fish.’ - Charlie Munger

I love it.

I see so many local business sites with lovely local business Wordpress themes from themeforest.

They don't help convert visitors into enquiries, but damn, they look good to the local business owners.

 

[GMSI7D]

, he said, ‘I don’t sell these lures to fish.’ - Charlie Munger

“To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”
Sun Zi



in the book " the 36 chinese stratagems", this is called " cast a brick to attract jade "

modern translation : a small piece of bait catches a big fish


this is arround us in the capitalist society everywhere , 24 hours a day , 365 days a year


by the way, if you had to read just one book, you had better read this chinese classic

nobody really cares about acquiring strategic knowledge

people think they are smart enough


but when opportunity comes, knowledge will decide where victory takes place

your opponent won't let you win

 

[G-Man]

Most people who try [investing] don’t do well at it. But the trouble is that if even 90 percent are no good, everyone looks around and says, “I’m the 10 percent.” - Charlie Munger, again

 

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[GMSI7D]

"
If you would win your way to the manifestation of those
things that are your goals, you must not be swayed from your conviction
and faith by any of the events or circumstances you meet in your daily life.
Whatever is contrary
to your belief you must reject as not having reality, as being only a temporary thing,
a detour on the road you follow, not a setback at all but a necessary path to follow;
for the whole plan rests in Universal Mind and though it may seem at the moment to
be
going against your desires, have no fear
Have complete
confidence in the fact that first cause is mental and first cause once set in motion must
inevitably manifest itself in the physical world.
Simply have faith in what you believe and refuse to accept negative circumstance as
final. .
if you remain faithful to your vision this sustained mental attitude will give reality to
your visions
and they will become visible concrete facts in your world "

Neville Goddard. ( 1905-1972)

i have never read something more important on persistence

either it is complete madness or complete wisdom

you decide

 

[jon.a]

RICH PEOPLE don't spend money on unnecessary things and they live comfortably for the rest of their life!!!!
@Siberia

 

[Siberia]

Hi Jon.a ....."Thank you"

 

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[jon.a]

RICH PEOPLE don't spend money on unnecessary things and they live comfortably for the rest of their life!!!!
@Siberia

Reminds me of, "live like a King for a year or live like a Prince forever."

 

[GMSI7D]

Reminds me of, "live like a King for a year or live like a Prince forever."

this is like being number 2 in any organisation

the head is always criticized and attacked by the medias, jealous people and so on

while the number 2 has power anyway and is protected from envy and so on

the best place : behind the curtain

by the way the most powerful people of the world are not dancing monkeys on stage like politicians

they are protected from attention , envy, attacks and so on

 

[jon.a]

this is like being number 2 in any organisation

the head is always critized and attacked by the medias, jealous people and so on

while the number 2 has power anyway and is protected from envy and so on

the best place : behind the curtain

by the way the most powerful people of the world are not dancing monkeys on stage like politicians

they are protected from attention , envy, attacks and so on

Yeah, that too. I've almost always been #2.

 

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[GMSI7D]

Yeah, that too. I've almost always been #2.

i will explain with yin and yang

each polarity can't reach the full extent of its power because they will transform in the other polarity

1) example : young yang is spring , then old yang is summer
then young yin is fall and old yin is winter

2) example : the tree grows (young yang ) then it reaches its peak ( old yang ) and then it declines because the yang can't go further. it becomes yin again ( dust)


but the seeds are the perfect " number 2 " because they secure the eternal existence of the tree cycle

one particular tree wil die but seeds make sure that the whole cycle of life continues anyway and others trees will live

being number 2 in life is the perfect yang which doesn't go too high so it can't be destroyed.

 

[GMSI7D]

people might say " yes ok, but i don't want to be number 2 , i want to be number 1 ! the winner "

that's not the point

the point is too never appear too perfect to avoid problems

example :

tennis player Roger Federer does not appear too perfect while he is the best player of all time in my opinion


just think he waited 5 years to win a grand slam again after 5 years of failure ( 2013 until now )

so he is the perfect force yang which doesn't go too far so it can remain yang instead of becoming yin ( weakness)

who can envy a guy who has waited 5 years ? nobody

this is the perfect example explained in the 48 laws of power

law number 46 " never appear too perfect "

only dead people and gods are perfect because they can't be destroyed anymore by envy

 

[domifreezy]

"It's not hard sell,
it's heart sell."
- Jeffrey Gitomer

 

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[Bellini]

In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth has become a revolutionary act.

- unknown
(attributed to Orwell, though unproven)

 

[Fanny Bomb]

People keep telling me that money can't buy you happiness, all I want is a chance to prove it.

 

[Fanny Bomb]

And following on from that...

"I'd rather be Rich and Sad than Poor and Sad"

 

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[Drew D]

My avatar

 

[daru]

"Leave the distracted masses and join the focused few" -Cal Newport

Combining that with TMF gives a DeMarco version of that, I guess:
"Leave the consuming masses and join the producing few"

 

[G-Man]

An "unemployed" existence is a worse negation of life than death itself - Jose Ortega y Gasset

live like a Prince forever.

That's always been my dream.

 

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[GMSI7D]

My favorite quote is a Robert Frost one; it is not related to the fastlane or receiving money, but here it is:

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
[HASHTAG]#deep[/HASHTAG] [HASHTAG]#edgy[/HASHTAG]

thank you

yes either we know the rules of the game ( dating business, whatever )

or we are punished and destroyed


for example, i can checkmate a guy in 14 moves if he doesn't know the rules of chess




life is cruel : women, customers won't come and say " hi you are loser, this is unfair so i will help you "

nobody cares

you have to know the rules and then to make the rules

 

[Drew D]

"Grind while they rest. Study when they party. You'll live like they dream." - Grant Cardone

 

[JWelch]

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not and act, but a habit."
-Will Durant

 

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[GMSI7D]

"Grind while they rest. Study when they party. You'll live like they dream." - Grant Cardone

this is basic sun tzu strategy : do the opposite of what is expected

the war is won before it begins

for example :


when i play chess, i have to win at the begining of the game

because in the long term my 150 IQ opponent on the web will outplay me with his deep calculating ability as a nerd-robot

since i am not a 150 IQ robot, i must win by doing the opposite of what he expects

the 150 IQ nerd can't calculate creativity and madness

only rational things

 

[GMSI7D]

this is well explained in the 36 stratagems book


people are used to rational things, being the good obedient guy, the good citizen etc

the good robot

but you can't win this way in life among other smart people who want the same thing than you want

you have to be different

example

Stratagem Thirty Two

Traditional name: Fling open the gates to the empty city.

New Name: A deliberate display of weakness can conceal true vulnerability.

quote " When in danger, openly show what you don’t have. Your enemy may wonder if that’s really true "

from kenrick Cleveland " how to use the 36 stratagems "


chess, cards, games, business, dating whatever are not the battle, they are means

the battle is the mind of the opponent : his emotions, his lack of self control, of knowledge, his cognitive bias, his habits etc.

 

[Drew D]

"Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote"
— Travis Kalanick, Founder of Uber

"You could have a million ideas, but they’re all worthless if you don’t get them done."

 

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[GMSI7D]

"You could have a million ideas, but they’re all worthless if you don’t get them done."

but ideas sometimes don't fit the current society model and you can't apply them


society says : here is the law, here is the current beliefs about what is right and what is wrong

but if you go back in time in the year 1500 or if you go in poor countries, in either case people will say

" here is the law and here is what is right and wrong "


so intelligence can't really unfold itself in the mental prison called society

you have to make a choice :

following intelligence or society's point of view, wich is not intelligence but the current point of view of a group of human being







Nikola TESLA, genius of the human race, 1856-1943

 

[Drew D]

"Most people work 9 to 5. I work 95 hours (per week). If you ever want to be a millionaire, you need to stop doing the 9 to 5 and start doing 95." - Grant Cardone