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Vision without traction is merely hallucination.
From Traction by Gino Wickman
Your thoughts create your reality.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.
From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus
Startups often rely on early adopters to gain traction in their initial phase.
From The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
A well-constructed Union would break and control the violence of faction.
You can’t just wait for opportunities; you have to go out and create them.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
Local knowledge is often marginalized in favor of abstract models that claim to represent reality.
From Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
You can't win a tournament if you don't play.
From Open by Andre Agassi
The only thing I can control is my own reaction to what happens around me.
From Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Markets are a product of human interaction.
The only way to eliminate fear is to move through it.
From Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Every thought and action is a reflection of the models we create.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
The transmission of information is a social act.
From The Information by James Gleick
Change is constant, and it is driven by countless small actions.
The beauty of a flower is a way of attracting us to it.
From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Fundamentalism is a reaction to the modern world.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
From The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
From Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin
Each layer serves its purpose, yet they all interact with one another.
From Layered Money by Nik Bhatia
The ways in which fungi interact with their environment reveal a lot about the nature of life itself.
From Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Your hands can be used to build or destroy.
We must recognize our role in the ecological web and act accordingly.
Accept–then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.
From The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Faith is not just belief; it is action, commitment, and responsibility.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
The key to confidence is taking action.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is to simply show up.
Your heart must be pure and free from distractions.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
Creating AI that understands context is essential for meaningful interactions.
From The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
The sense of smell is the most powerful of all the senses.
From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
Once we achieve our goals, the dopamine levels drop, often leading to dissatisfaction.
From The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long
Confidence is built through action, not just thinking about it.
From The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins
He believed that interaction with computers would be as natural as talking to another person.
From The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal by M. Mitchell Waldrop
We need to stop waiting for someone to come and save us.
From Wolfpack by Abby Wambach
The only way to address the future is to create it.
From More Than Ready by Cecilia Muñoz
Stop waiting for permission to pursue your dreams and start taking action.
The most important aspect of design is how it interacts with people.
People began to realize that they could communicate instantly across vast distances.
From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
You can’t just think your way into being gritty.
From Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Effective communication is crucial for successful analysis.
From The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr.
Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.
From Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Letting go of perfection frees us to take action.
From Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani
The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He doesn’t wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
From The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
You don’t have to know how; you just have to start.
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
From The Odyssey by Homer
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
From The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi
You can’t just go through the motions; you must be intentional.
From Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron
We are not only what we do, but we are also what we don't do.
From The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
Listening is just as important as speaking.
Social signaling is a powerful force in human behavior.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
From More Than Ready by Cecilia Muñoz
Compassion is a verb.
Human beings are not just passive recipients of information; they are active participants in the process.
From The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal by M. Mitchell Waldrop
Action creates clarity.
In a world of surveillance capitalism, we are all subjects of data extraction.
Technological progress is not an inexorable force; it is driven by human action.
Non-verbal cues can speak louder than words.
From Speak Like a CEO by Suzanne Bates
The mind is a powerful tool, but it can also be a source of distraction.
The only way to prove you are a leader is to lead.
From The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant
You have to be willing to get out there and fight for your dreams.
From Permission to Dream by Chris Gardner
Theories of mind are developed through interaction and social experiences in early life.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
What we do in the next few years will determine the future.
The universe is always conspiring in your favor.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Islam is a religion that demands both action and belief.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
Harnessing flow can lead to breakthroughs in productivity and satisfaction.
From The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
The behavior of a system is not determined by the parts alone, but by their interactions.
It’s not about being fearless; it’s about taking action despite your fear.
From Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to act despite it.
Overworking can lead to burnout and dissatisfaction.
From Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee
Live with intention and let go of unnecessary distractions.
From The Joy of Missing Out by Tonya Dalton
We shape the plants, and in turn, they shape us.
From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
In the end, the only thing that matters is what you have done.
Smart contracts could change the way we interact online.
From The Infinite Machine by Camila Russo
What you focus on expands.
From You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
We have to stop waiting for permission.
Rust's traits are a way to define shared behavior in an abstract way.
From The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik & Carol Nichols
Creativity is not just about having ideas, but about having the right ideas and making them happen.
From The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
Do not be wise in words, be wise in deeds.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The key to success is to start before you are ready.
From Traction by Gino Wickman
The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Dare to dream and dare to do.
From More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are by Elaine Welteroth
The passions can lead us to act in ways that are contrary to our best interests.
You can't control the market, but you can control how you react to it.
From The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
The best way to get started is to stop talking and begin doing.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
You can’t change the world by saying no.
From Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
In business, the only thing that matters is what you do, not what you say.
We use social signals to navigate our social world.
From The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
You can’t just sit there and wait for a sense of purpose to come to you.
From Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Deep learning is a branch of machine learning based on a set of algorithms that attempt to model high-level abstractions in data.
From Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville
The key to success is to start before you are ready.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
One's freedom is not a gift from others; it is the result of one's own actions.
From The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Clarity comes from action, not thought.
From The Joy of Missing Out by Tonya Dalton
Listening is as important as speaking.
From Speak Like a CEO by Suzanne Bates
The principle of reciprocity states that we should try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided us.
From Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
In the end, you’re going to be judged by your actions.
What you do is more important than what you say.
Bitcoin enables people to transact with each other without intermediaries.
The coffeehouse became a center of social interaction and intellectual discourse.
The best way to start is to quit talking and begin doing.