“I don’t want to sound like a pretentious asshole…
Page 545. “I don’t want to sound like a pretentious asshole, but I would ask people to dig deeper. We can make the world a better place. We can ask more of ourselves. We can do more for others. I think that our life is a journey. Dig deep on your journey and the world will benefit from it. “
— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)
In the book
Aim to create more than you consume, leaving more value with everyone you touch than you take, for that is finally what a successful life produces; and take heart that the capacities you need are built, not bestowed — the best are made, not born, evolving by absorbing experience and learning from their mistakes. And let the climb point outward. Dig deeper than your own comfort, ask more of yourself, and do more for others, because a life aimed only at itself is a small one. Carry yourself, too, like someone who expects to prevail — standing straight and proud, the bearing of a victor rather than the defeated, quietly changes how the world meets you. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)
Underneath it sits the oldest question there is — what is a good life, what kind of life is actually worthy of the one you were given? The answer is rarely "arrive faster." It is closer to what one man put on the matter: dig deeper, because life is a journey, and if you dig deep on yours the whole world benefits from it. Let me get the thing itself straight for you, children, because most people spend a lifetime chasing the wrong quarry. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)