The Best Minute: On doing things that matter, focus, and success

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Peter Thiel on doing things that matter:

“Every university…seem[s] to reassure you that ‘it doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you do it well.’ That is completely false. It does matter what you do. You should focus relentlessly at something you’re good at doing, but before that you must think hard about whether it will be valuable in the future.”

II. Lin Yutang on focus:

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. The best way to measure success in your life is to create your own standard of what it looks like for you. What hopes do you have for your family, job, finances, etc? If you have no personal standards for success, you’ll always be chasing (and failing) at everyone else’s definition.

II. The ultimate form of Christian hypocrisy is denying to others what God graciously gave to you.

1 RANDOM FACT

The "M's" in M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie."

That would be Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, the two businessmen who created the candy-coated chocolates. The two actually had a very contentious relationship, as Mars leveraged Murrie out of his 20 percent share in the company in 1949—years before M&Ms would become the best-selling candy in the U.S., paying him just $1 million for a share of the business that would quickly be worth billions.

Source: Best Life