There Are Two Components That Are Fundamental

Lacking An External Focus, The Mind Turns Inward On Itself And Creates Problems To Solve, Even If The Problems Are Undefined Or Unimportant. If You Find A Focus, An Ambitious Goal That Seems Impossible And Forces You To Grow, These Doubts Disappear.

I Didn't Even Like White Wine. Then I Tasted It And Bought A Case. It Was The First Case Of Any Wine I'd Ever Bought.

Most People Are Fast To Stop You Before You Get Started But Hesitate To Get In The Way If You're Moving.

It's Lonely At The Top. Ninety-nine Percent Of People In The World Are Convinced They Are Incapable Of Achieving Great Things, So They Aim For The Mediocre. The Level Of Competition Is Thus Fiercest For "realistic" Goals, Paradoxically Making Them The Most Time-consuming And Energy Consuming. It Is Easier To Raise $10,000,000 Than It Is $1,000,000. It Is Easier To Pick Up The One Perfect 10 In The Bar Than The Five 8s.

I Value Self-discipline, But Creating Systems That Make It Next To Impossible To Misbehave Is More Reliable Than Self-control.