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Skill is whatever happens repeatedly. Everything else is a story.
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The real reason to plan the night before is to deny you the
option of planning again tomorrow morning.
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One way to beat fear is with steps so small they don't scare you.
As you get closer to fear, you realize there was never anything
there to be afraid of.
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Rory McIlroy on where to focus:
"One of the things that I love is focusing on the process over
the prize."
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Charlie Munger on how to develop good judgment:
“I sought good judgment mostly by collecting instances of bad
judgment, then pondering ways to avoid such outcomes.”
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John D. Rockefeller on why he hated being labeled as wealthy:
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credit than the accumulation of wealth, then I have made a poor
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