Two Thoughts (19 - 25 November)
Sunday, 19 November
Two thoughts from Trevor Horn
“The guy who gives you the most trouble is usually the least talented.”
"I hate having to read the manual."
Monday, 20 November
Two thoughts from Richard Wiseman
"Lucky people create, notice, and act upon the chance opportunities in their lives."
"Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it."
Tuesday, 21 November
Two thoughts from Christopher Marlowe
“Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.”
“Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit,
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.”
Wednesday, 22 November
Two thoughts from George Ade
"Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people."
"Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry."
Thursday, 23 November
Two thoughts from Herodotus
"The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy."
"Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence."
Friday, 24 November
Two thoughts from Peter Attia
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
“Exercise is by far the most potent longevity ‘drug.’”
Saturday, 25 November
Two thoughts from Albert Bandura
"Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure."
"Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs."
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