"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." — Aristotle Hey All, I have a quick favor to ask this week. If you like this newsletter, will you fill out this anonymous, two-question survey [https://jimmy48.typeform.com/to/KRjUWh]? Thanks in…
> One of the worst lies the world tells you: "You have to be patient and pay your dues". Not true. Always strive for better now. — Sam Altman (@sama) August 24, 2015 [https://twitter.com/sama/status/635855669892005888] Hey All, Enjoy this week's articles and if…
"There's no risk when you go after a dream. There's a tremendous amount of risk to playing it safe." — Bill Burr [http://i.imgur.com/pxRl5le.jpg] Hey All, Here's an anecdote that caught my eye this week. More than 2,500…
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." — G.K. Chesterton Hey All, I rarely read on the web anymore When I find something interesting, I save it to my Kindle. It's a better reading experience and it&…
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank Hey All, I've come across a few really inspiring quotes recently so I thought I'd start sharing one each week. Feel free to send me [https://twitter.…
Hey All, Like me, many of you probably feel a huge amount of passion to create something great. The problem isn't motivation, it's channeling that energy in one direction. I'm working hard to narrow my focus and trying to follow James Clear's…
A few hundred years ago, sugar was essentially absent from the human diet. Today, according to the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/opinion/sugar-season-its-everywhere-and-addictive.html] , it's "used in approximately 75 percent of packaged foods purchased in the United States." > The…
Hey All, Last week [https://www.jimmydaly.com/swipe-file-30/], I asked what you thought about making Swipe File a daily newsletter. A number of folks responded and, though it was close [https://www.jimmydaly.com/content/images/2015/07/Screenshot-2015-07-30-09-23-20.png], most people prefer a weekly digest. Thanks for taking…