Tools of Titans

If you can’t see yourself working with someone for life, don’t work with them for a day.

“Kids don’t do what you say. They do what they see. How you live your life is their example.”

Wake up at least 1 hour before you have to be at a computer screen. Email is the mind-killer.
Make a cup of tea (I like pu-erh) and sit down with a pen/pencil and paper.
Write down the 3 to 5 things—and no more—that are making you the most anxious or uncomfortable. They’re often things that have been punted from one day’s to-do list to the next, to the next, to the next, and so on. Most important usually equals most uncomfortable, with some chance of rejection or conflict.
For each item, ask yourself: “If this were the only thing I accomplished today, would I be satisfied with my day?” “Will moving this forward make all the other to-dos unimportant or easier to knock off later?” Put another way: “What, if done, will make all of the rest easier or irrelevant?”
Look only at the items you’ve answered “yes” to for at least one of these questions.
Block out at 2 to 3 hours to focus on ONE of them for today. Let the rest of the urgent but less important stuff slide. It will still be there tomorrow.
TO BE CLEAR: Block out at 2 to 3 HOURS to focus on ONE of them for today. This is ONE BLOCK OF TIME. Cobbling together 10 minutes here and there to add up to 120 minutes does not work. No phone calls or social media allowed.
If you get distracted or start procrastinating, don’t freak out and downward-spiral; just gently come back to your ONE to-do

“If you have a 10-year plan of how to get [somewhere], you should ask: Why can’t you do this in 6 months?”

The worst thing you can ever do is think that you know enough.

Never stop learning. Ever.

was to create a trilogy themed after Ben Franklin’s famous quote: “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

I’ve always treated the world as my classroom, soaking up lessons and stories to fuel my path forward.

“If you’re looking for a formula for greatness, the closest we’ll ever get, I think, is this: Consistency driven by a deep love of the work.”

“Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are.”

I have never been shy about seeking wisdom from others to pour fuel on my fire.