“Amateurs have a goal. Professionals have a system.”

— Going Pro

“So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look like a failure in the short term.”

“Consistent progress compounds.

Inconsistent progress is a lie.

Make a little progress today on your most important objective. Repeat tomorrow.”

“People think of success and failure as opposite things—that the more I succeed, the less I fail. But that’s really sort of a modern conception of success and failure. The fact of the matter is [that] failure is woven into the fabric of success. It’s not “How do you avoid failure?” That’s the wrong question. The right question is, “How do I fail, or how should I fail in ways that lead to the type of skill development and belief system that allow me to succeed long term?” It’s “How do we fail?”