[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Self-understanding]] - People: [[Ryan Holiday]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdLhC9IelbE --- ## Summary - [[How you spend your time is literally how you spend your life]]. - [[Satisfy curiosity, not ego.]] - Expect nothing in return. - Always say less than necessary. - Expect the taxes of life. - [[You don't have to be first. You just need to be better than most people.]] - "[[Are you going to be a positive difference maker today?]]" - [[Do less, better]]. ## Notes - "[[How I spend the day is a purchase for which there is no refund]]". - "[[How you spend your time is literally how you spend your life]]". ### Expect nothing in return - "The whole point of a successful idea is that it does get adopted and people use it." - Be honoured if your idea resonates enough with people for them to use it. - Spend time making instead of chasing credit. - [[Satisfy curiosity, not ego.]] - "Contribution to the common good. That's the whole point." - "Your job is to put good things out in the world. Your job is to do good things." - [[Always be yourself|Be yourself]]. Do good, be good. Any goodness that comes back is a gift - [[Gifts are only gifts if they are unexpected]]. Give as many gifts you can to the world. Feel fulfillment from being able to make someone's else's life better. - [[Know your personal tolerance forgiving. Protect it for you must save some of yourself for yourself.]] - [[Always save 10% of yourself.]] ### Always say less than necessary - "Did you feel like that needed to be said or did you just want to have something to say? - Be cautious when you feel like you need to inject yourself. - Make a contribution to better the situation not to resolve your own insecurities. - [[Insecure action rarely provide secure outcomes]] ### The most valuable resource is time - "[[We're dying every day. The time that passes belongs to death.]]" - [[To learn to die is to be liberated from it]]. ### Expect the taxes of life - "[[I pay the taxes of life gladly]]". - [[The cost of living is worth paying for]]. - Make the most out of every day, for you've already paid for it in death and taxes. "If you want the income, you have to pay the tax." ### 3 lessons from Tim Ferriss - "Look at what an hour of your time is worth. Try to pay people to do anything that's less than that amount". - "Time is your only non renewable resource." - "Think of everything as an experiment." - "[[You don't have to be first. You just need to be better than most people.]]" - "[[Eventually, quality will find its audience.]]" ### 3 lessons from Robert Greene - "[[Mastery requires a long apprenticeship]]". - "Life can be defined by live time or dead time". - Never waste time. Never kill time. Live time for it has already been spent. - [[Always learn. Humility. Keep working hard.]] - It's not enough to have good intentions. You must understand people and the world. Understanding the world will allow for your good intentions to flourish. ### 3 lessons from George Raveling - "Always be reading". - "[[Are you going to be a positive difference maker today?]]" - Learn from anyone. ### 3 lessons from Marcus Aurelius - "[[The impediment to action advances action]]". - Recognize what is essential. - [[To do less allows you to do less, better]]. - You could leave life at any moment. Let that provide clarity on what most important. ## Original ![[The best advice Ryan holiday ever got-1.jpg]] ![[The best advice Ryan holiday ever got-2.jpg]] ![[The best advice Ryan holiday ever got-3.jpg]]