Answer Guy on Nostr: These are worth pondering: 1. One mark of a smart person is the ability to learn from ...

These are worth pondering:

1. One mark of a smart person is the ability to learn from people they don’t like.
2. The most powerful productivity tool ever invented is simply the word "no."
3. Rich people have money. Wealthy people have time.
4. Writing is often the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about.
5. 90 percent of success is not getting distracted.
6. Short-term results come from intensity. Long-term results come from consistency.
7. Clear writing gives poor thinking nowhere to hide.
8. The quicker you want something, the easier you are to manipulate.
9. If you want new ideas, read old books.
10. First-principles thinking is a competitive advantage because almost no one does it.
11. Talent and potential mean nothing if you can't consistently do the boring things when you don't feel like doing them.
12. The greatest trap is telling yourself that you’ll do something important tomorrow. Procrastination creates negative momentum.
13. Make your next project something people will ask you about for the rest of your life.

Those are from: https://x.com/1writeofpassage/status/1731300704718123451

I'll add:

* To be successful, learn how to respond to failure.