every day.........................

 

The hard part isn't knowing what to do; it's doing it daily, whether you feel like it or not.

-from the Farnum Street blog

As investment advice goes...................

 

....................................it would be hard to improve on this list.   A wee sample:

To reap the biggest rewards you must be able to take the painful hits and keep moving forward. Which is why the ultimate superpower in investing is being good at suffering.

Let it go...............

Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.

-Kevin Kelly, from here

 

chiefly..............................

 

To be rich you don't need to make more money; you chiefly need to better manage the money already flowing through your hands.

-Kevin Kelly

dress accordingly...............

 

When you open paint, even a tiny bit, it will always find its way to your clothes no matter how careful you are.  Dress accordingly.

-Kevin Kelly

imagine............................

 

Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists.  To be an optimist you don't have to ignore the multitude of problems we create; you just have to imagine how much our ability to solve problems improves.

-Kevin Kelly

36 more.......................................

 9.   When you’re lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later. The labor will pass, and the rewards will last.

-Ryan Holiday, from here

A few thoughts..........................

.....................from Kevin Kelly:

It's thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.

Your time and space are limited.  Remove, give away, throw out anything that no longer gives you joy in order to make room for those that do.

Actual great opportunities will not have "Great Opportunities" in the subject line.

Do more of what looks like work to others but is play to you.

If you repeated what you did today 365 more times, will you be where you want to be next year?

Mighty fine advice....................

 Let's lower our voices, listen carefully, and have a great year.

-Michael Wade

To buy or not to buy.....................?

 Offering advice on the home buying process is even harder than offering investment advice without more context. Investing is personal but your living situation has even more idiosyncratic risks involved.

-Ben Carlson, from this post

For a wealth management kind of guy he has a pretty good feel for real estate.   Will admit to some surprise at seeing his chart of the gross profit margins for the largest production builders.  If we knew they were making that much money we would have charged them more for the building lots we sold them.

a path....................

 Relaxing is not a waste of time—it's an investment in well-being. Breaks are not a distraction—they're a chance to reset attention and incubate ideas.  Play is not a frivolous activity—it's a source of joy and a path to mastery.

-Adam Grant, Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Don't shout at the crops...................

 .................and six other important pieces of advice wisdom may be found here.

Try differently................

 You’re more likely to unlock a big leap in performance by trying differently than by trying harder. You might be able to work 10% harder, but a different approach might work 10x better. Remain focused on the core problem, but explore a new line of attack. Persistence is not just about effort, but also strategy. Don’t merely try harder, try differently.

-James Clear

On treating your "to-do" list.................

 ....................................like a menu.

Easy does it...............................

 In summary, he told me, you want to exert effort in meditation practice but not more than necessary: “A bird flaps its wings and then soars on momentum, and doesn’t flap again until it needs to.”

If you spend time in Buddhist meditation settings you’ll hear variants of this advice frequently offered to “achiever” personalities who mistakenly think the more fierce their effort, the more plentiful their likely results. “Don’t try so hard to make something happen” “Soften your gaze” “Ease up” All different ways of getting at the simple but hard-to-follow guidance: Just relax. 

Relaxation, as Tim Gallwey says, happens only when allowed, not as a result of “trying” or “making.”

“The art of relaxed concentration unlocks a secret to winning: not trying too hard”

-as taken from this Ben Casnocha post

When it comes to eating .............

 ............................or just living the healthy life, do not ignore this advice.

results....................

 You'll get 10 times better results by elevating good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior, especially in children and animals.

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Once again, the magic of compounding......

 We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade.  Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years.  A long game will compound small gains that will be able to overcome even big mistakes.

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

sides.......................

 Whenever there is an argument between two sides, find the third side.

-Kevin Kelly

Be...................

 Pay attention to who you are around when you feel your best.  Be with them more often.

-Kevin Kelly