No one is as manipulative and emotionally overreactive as someone insecure. You want less unnecessary drama in your life, it’s very simple: hang out with confident people who love who they are, people who have the confidence that they can get anything they want, they will never waste your time, they are too busy getting things done, they are wholly focused on the things that matter. #orangebook

You will appreciate listening to music so much more once you are a better musician; you will appreciate watching sports so much more once you are a better athlete; you will appreciate reading great novels so much more once you are a better writer; and you will appreciate living life so much more once you are a better person. #orangebook #Skill #Appreciation #Growth

The whole world will never stop pushing on you their vision of who you should be, and if you don't have a strong idea of what kind of person you want to be, you will inevitably bend, and only realize, way too late, that you never truly lived a life aligned with your core values. #orangebook #SelfIdentity #PersonalValues

The process of uncovering ideas you didn't know you had in you and connecting them in a way that makes sense to others is often called writing, but it's actually also therapy. #orangebook #Writing #Therapy

If you are scared of ignoring the whole world for a few hours every day, you are not serious about your goal. #orangebook #Discipline

The quality of your book is the quality of your mind at the time of the writing. If you don't feel relaxed and rested, if you are not having fun as you are crafting your thoughts, the book won't embody these qualities either. #orangebook #WritingQuality #AuthorMindset

People who succeeded out of spite and desire to “win” often fail to realize that they are suffocating people who are succeeding when they are doing what they love at their own pace. #orangebook #Success #Passion

If thinking about it won't fix the problem, it's a sign of intelligence to redirect your energy elsewhere. #orangebook #ProblemSolving

If you have to sacrifice your health and your relationships to get to whatever "success" you are aiming for, the only outcome is actually failure. #orangebook

To get lucky is to fail more often than most people even tried. #orangebook #Luck

Intelligence isn't about getting what you want, it's about getting what you need; most people will actually live their whole lives never noticing that so many of their "wants" are actually manufactured by other people. #orangebook #Intelligence #Needs

A lot of success boils down to figuring out the kind of sufferings you need whilst avoiding the kind of sufferings that only drain your time and energy. There is no greatness without suffering, but most sufferings also lead nowhere. #orangebook #Suffering #Success

It's actually funny how many people who advocate for "diversity" will either get very offended or very judgmental if your values don't align with theirs. #orangebook

When you trade your ambition for comfort, you actually end up living your whole life with the very uncomfortable idea that you betrayed yourself. #orangebook #Ambition #Comfort

A lot of people don't want to do any deep thinking themselves, that's why they often seek advice from more "successful" people, without understanding that everyone out there is simply validating their own story, and that what works for you is likely something entirely else. #orangebook #DeepThinking #SelfAdvice

A great investment gives you the freedom to explore who you could be and go live your best life; if you have to spend most of your time monitoring numbers on a screen, you are anything but wealthy. #orangebook

You struggle to sleep at night when your days are not full enough, and you struggle to wake up in the morning when your purpose is not clear enough. #orangebook

If you have time to complain about how the game is unfair, you have time to figure out what game you should play if you want to win next time. #orangebook

Cynicism disappears when you are happy with your life. Anger disappears when you are happy with who you have around. Envy disappears when you are happy with who you are. #orangebook

A lot of people who think they are "open-minded" actually lack the courage of making choices and standing up for something they believe in, and they often spend their whole lives never getting "lucky" because they were always too scared of committing to one direction. #orangebook