Philosophy of life

A list of quotes and ideas I find inspiring. An incomplete list of things that have shaped me into the person I am today, and the person I aspire to be.

Hustle culture

Open until finished. Job’s not finished. - Kobe Bryant

What would you do if you weren’t afraid? - Alex Hormozi

Obsession beats talent every time. - Kobe Bryant

How many days did you empty your tank? - Alex Hormozi

हाथो के मलने से मिलता नहीं रब से कुछ - Baazigar by Divine

Pain of regret > pain of discipline - Pinterest

“You ask me if an ordinary person—by studying hard—would get to be able to imagine these things like I imagine. Of course. I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There’s no miracle people. It just happens they got interested in this thing, and they learned all this stuff. They’re just people. There’s no talent or special miracle ability to understand quantum mechanics or a miracle ability to imagine electromagnetic fields that comes without practice and reading and learning and study. So if you take an ordinary person who’s willing to devote a great deal of time and study and work and thinking and mathematics, then he’s become a scientist.” - Richard P Feynman

It’s one slow clap in the auditorium for a very long time. - Alex Hormozi

Only two options is the hearse or we conquering. - Rush Hour by Hanumankind

People are jealous of the trophy, not the work. - Alex Hormozi

T-shirt quotes go hardest.

And excellent mean the extra work. - DNA by Kendrick Lamar

Figure out what you want. Ignore the opinions of others. Do so much volume that it would be unreasonable for you to be unsuccessful. - Alex Hormozi

Algebra’s like sheet music. The important thing isn’t can you read it. It’s can you hear it? Can you hear the music? - Neils Bohr in the movie Oppenheimer

अब राजा का बेटा राजा नहीं बनेगा … अब राजा वही बनेगा जो हकदार होगा. - Anand sir in the movie Super 30

Outwork everyone. - Kobe Bryant

I had no fear when it came to basketball. What I mean by that is: if I wanted to implement something new into my game, I’d see it and try incorporating it immediately. I wasn’t scared of missing, or looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the long game in my mind. I always focused on the fact that I had to try something to get it, and once I got it, I’d have another tool in my arsenal. If the price was a lot of work and a few missed shots, I was ok with that. - Kobe Bryant

The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining. - John F Kennedy

Want it all I won’t leave a breadcrumb. - Redrum by 21 Savage

I want the credit if we’re loosing or winning on my mama that’s the realest shit. - All the stars by Kendrick Lamar

सपने होते सच, तब मजा आता सोने में - 3:59 AM by Divine

You don’t get into something to test the waters, you get into something to make waves -

Wholesome

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all. - Thumper

Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Jojo Rabbit

It’s only awkward if you make it. - m&m

8 ways that money can buy happiness:

• buy more experiences and fewer material goods; we adapt to experiences slower and revisit (look forward) experiences more fondly & more often
• use your money to benefit others and not yourself; buying a first class plan ticket for somebody you care about > buying a first class plane ticket for yourself, we are bad at predicting how much spending on others affects us
• buy many small pleasures instead of few large ones; frequent doses of lovely things > infrequent does of lovelier things, bi-weekly merry-go-round leads to more happiness than annual roller coaster
• appreciate the mundane joys of daily life; wealthy individuals lose this with constant exposure to luxury and are worse off for it
• delay consumption; happiness from having the thing + happiness from waiting for it
• think about what you’re not thinking about; a beach home means ocean breeze and mosquitoes a plenty, a view of the ocean and meeting plumbers on weekends, factor in the day-to-day
• beware of comparison shopping; don’t overstate the differences and understate the similarities
• pay close attention to the happiness of others; are people who bought said thing indeed happier for it?

By yours truly

I will build that castle, but today I lay a brick.

If I don’t believe in myself, nobody else will. If I believe in myself, I don’t need anybody else to. All it takes is you.