"This is like the money law of “High School Hero” Syndrome. The people who did well in high school like being the captain of the football team & class valedictorian etc etc, usually don’t do well in University or even in life in general, because they peaked & stopped learning."

"If you are told you are successful because you are smart, you stop taking risks as you don’t want to make mistakes that will threaten that image in your brain."

"The people who are able to keep their money are ones who earned it through hardship and having gone through lots of ups and downs in life. There are folks we see as “overnight successes”, but if you dig a bit deeper you can see how long it really took. Usually 10-20 years at least."

"The founder of Instacart, that was his 8 or 9th startup. Many of the Unicorns in my portfolio struggled for 7-8 years before they got there."

"The big success stories we will hear about in 5 to 10 years are toiling in obscurity right now."

"Good stuff takes time. There is no way around it. So be ambitious, be aggressive but also be patient. Be resilient and stay in the game. Long term thinking is the only way to win and keep it."

"Limiting beliefs can have a number of negative effects on you. They could keep you from making good choices, taking new opportunities, or reaching your potential. Ultimately, limiting beliefs can keep you stuck in a negative state of mind and hinder you from living the life you truly desire."

"Understanding yourself and what drives you. Understanding what you want and why you think it is hard or even impossible to get there. Question yourself, question your assumptions and use first principles."

"surround yourself with other outstanding, smart(er) individuals. Do this by friendship groups, business partners and even masterminds, which are formal groups of people who get together regularly to help each other grow and keep each other accountable."

"we are our own gating factor. This is why I love the concept of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and all of Tony Robbins stuff. You learn what your limiting beliefs are and then you systematically challenge and reprogram yourself to be better."

"Actually according to an old study by Microsoft back in 2015 actually, “people now generally lose concentration after eight seconds, highlighting the effects of an increasingly digitalized lifestyle on the brain.”"

"Especially in a world of work that requires deep work and clear thinking. This is kind of the only work that matters now. We need more thinking, not less."

"French philosopher Pascal Blaise so wisely wrote in the 1600s, ""All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."""

"Exercise Meditation Time away from screens Ie. Read more books More writing but through use pen and paper not typing Time in nature"

"“The more you schedule and practice discomfort deliberately, the less unplanned discomfort will throw off your life and control your life.”"

"chasing the truth and following the leads."

"when you do customer discovery your job as a founder is to talk to as many potential customers and users as possible. You look for patterns and things that come up over and over again. Ie. things they hate and things they love."

"“Hope is not a strategy.” Wanting something to be true does not make it so."

"Trying to fight “Confirmation bias which according to Wikipedia is defined as “the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.”"

"Forcing yourself to look at the painful truth is key to success in anything."

"Separating fact from narrative will be crucial to seeing things more clearly."

"Makes it easier to find your own blind spots and flaws in thinking. Lying to others is bad, but the worst thing is to lie to yourself."

"Net net: never lie to yourself. Learn to seek the truth no matter how painful. This is how you get to have a beautiful life."

"Have a Daily Routine & stick to it"

"Have a Meditation Practice: Successful people tend to mediate. Marvin does 10 minutes in the morning and sometimes at night."

"A startups default is to failure. If you try your best, that’s all anyone can ask of you."

"You only have about 4 hours of creativity a day."

"The most important thing was the power and art of pitching, which is all about telling better stories"