General Quotes/Phrases
Naval Ravikant Rules
Rules for Life (Genius Rules)
- Be Ready to Start Over
- When Inspired, Act Immediately
- Choose to Be Yourself
- Do What Feels Like Play to You, But Looks Like Work to Others
- Choose Your Desires Carefully
- Fall in Love with Reading
- Master the Basics
- Be an Owner
- Use the New Leverage
- Create Empty Space
- Overcome the Need for External Validation
A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to create anything great.
General Quotes
- "You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them." — Michael Jordan
- "Any person capable of angering you becomes your master." — Epictetus
- "The greatest sin is to think that you are weak." — Swami Vivekananda
- "A question well put is half solved." — Charles Kettering
- "Would you build a beautiful house and let someone you dislike live in it for free? Then why let them occupy space in your mind rent-free?" — Sadhguru
Personal Reflections
Own
- "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
- "When your own feelings override the facts, you will stay in the dark."
- "A fool will get you to their level and win the argument with experience. Don’t fall for it."
Leadership Lessons
- "Having access to people smarter than you is a blessing, not a threat."
- "When you focus on you, you grow. When you focus on shit, shit grows."
- "Remember, you don't need to be aggressive. You need to be clear and concise."
- "Jo dikhta hai, wahi bikta hai." (What is visible, sells.)
Tech Principles
- Quote from "Clean Architecture":
"Gather together the things that change for the same reasons. Separate those things that change for different reasons."
- "Don’t let the perfect get in the way of good enough."
- "The smarter I get, the more I realize that I can’t be sure of much."
- "As developers, we don't do things because they are easy; we do them because we thought they were going to be easy."
Business
- "Businesses today are data rich and insights poor."
Starting Over: 3 Things to Remember
- People who did it before you aren’t super smarter than you.
- You’re not bad at it; you’re just starting out.
- There’s nothing you need to know that you can’t find out or figure out.