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1 | Top Quotes | Char | Author | Lesson | Quote Algebra | Key | Variations | Turn Into A Mad Lib | Apply Across Domains | Create A Quote | Patterns | Similar Quotes From Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Enter your top 10 favorite quotes | Replace keywords with variables | Explain variables | Domain #1 | Domain #2 | Answer the questions | Inversion | Tone | Opposite | Surprising | Critical Counterintuitives | Metaphors | # words | Hyperbolic / Definitive | Owning Your Perspective | Humor | Personal | 80/20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | "You don't need an MBA from Harvard to figure out how to lose money." —Royal Little | You don't need a X to figure out Y | X = prestigious thing that is overvalued -Y = Opposite of what people want | What is something that everyone wants in your field, but acutally causes harm? (permanent corporate job) What is something people want when they normally do that thing? What's the opposite called? (less safety) | You don't need a corporate job to figure out how to be less safe you don't need a job to figure out the least effective way of building wealth | Single inversion | Double Inversion (Comparative) | Sarchastic | Winners & losers | Winners and losers have a lot in common | Under or over-rated | Animal | Plants | Celestial | Math | Share your expertise | Sarcastic | The one thing, / Simplication + Leverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | bait/hook | Seed / Germ | universe | fraction, equation | In three words I can sum up everything | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | "Winners and Losers have the same goals" | 40 | X and Y have the same Z X = Y X and Y have the same goals. Winners and losers have the same X Two things you think are the opposite are actually the same on a certain level | X = who you want to be Y = the opposite Z = What people tend to wrongly focus on (unimportant thing people overvalue) X = top of the distribution curve Y = bottom of the distribution curve Z = what they have in common | Who do you want to be? Who do you not want to be? What do the winners and losers in your field have in common? | “Winners and Losers have the same macOS” —Selma All journalists are taught to question authority. Great journalists do X... Winners and losers have spent years taking classes. What sets winners apart is X... Good and bad marketers focus on the customer. Great marketers do X. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | “The truth is simple. If it was complicated everyone would understand it.” | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | “You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.” | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | “Without music, life would be a mistake.” | 41 | Without X, Y would be Z Without [Metaphor], [CATEGORY] would be [GOOD/BAD] | X = something that is not necessarily perceived as essential that you consider essential X = undervalued thing that makes your heeart sing Y = | X = Singing, Wine, Food, Loneliness, Spending A Time Alone Y = Life, getting married, having kids, starting a business, going to college Z = | without practice, learning would be meaningless Without wine, food would be tasteless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | You can make anything by writing. C.S.Lewis | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 80% of success is showing up. | 29 | Woody Allen | X% of Y is Z. | X = percentage of formula Y = Result Z = Action that gets result Thing that people would normally consider table stakes is actually way more important than you think | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Behind every great fortune there is a crime | 43 | Honoré De Balzac | Behind every great X, there is a Y | X = result person, result Y = Underappreciated thing | "Behind every great man, there is a woman." | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 | A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction. | 160 | Leo Tolstoy | A man | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. | 87 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | "Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." —Thoreau "To thine own self be true.” —Shakespeare "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." —Robert Frost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | One recognizes one’s course by discovering the paths that stray from it. | 72 | Albert Camus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” | 69 | Steve Jobs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." | 77 | Confucius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." | 58 | Dr. Seuss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | "Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped." | 52 | African Proverb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." | 53 | John F. Kennedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things." | 78 | Albert Einstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse." | 93 | Jim Rohn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | "Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them . A desire, a dream, a vision." - Muhammed Ali | 139 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | "You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation." - Brigham Young | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | "Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | "I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not done." - Lucille Ball | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | He who leaves the game wins it. | 31 | Sometimes you get the furthest by going the opposite direction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Two | Society is made up of two great classes: those who have more dinners tahn appetite, and those who have more appettite than dinners. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein | 115 | “Two things are infinite: the universe and X; and I'm not sure about the universe.” 2 things are Z (unique quality): X (obvious thing) + Y (not obvious thing) | X = Curiosity, Dog Love, To Do List, Email -------------- Z (unique quality) = | Where am I surprised people or things going wrong? What things are infinite with pets, family, work? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” | 53 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | X/Y=A/B Body without a soul - Home without furniture/family - Song wihtout a tune - Car without wheels - Goal without a plan - Life - Relationships - Career wihtout joy - Sprint wihtout a finish line | What is the essence of it? What gives a homey feel? | A Business without processes, is like a body without a skeleton A habit without celebration is like a rocket without fuel | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.” ― Bernard M. Baruch | 129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost | 92 | In X words I can sum up everything I've learned about Y: Z | X = 3,4, 5 Y = Life, Career, Family, Niche Z = Your lesson | What domain are you teaching on? What is your #1 lesson you've learned? How could you condense that lesson into 2-5 words? | “In 6 words I can sum up everything I've learned about learning: learn to write, write to learn." “In 3 words I can sum up everything I've learned about family: attention is love." | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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59 | “Do not bite the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.” | 77 | Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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61 | Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA BUDDHA Grothe, Mardy. I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like (p. 28). HarperCollins e-books. Kindle Edition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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74 | Our lives being to end the day we become silent about things that matter. | Our X beings to end the day we become Y. | X - life, career Y - things that matter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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