My favorite QUOTES | #17
Quotes that keeps me motivated almost every time!
So the thing is, I am not feeling to do work for the past 1-2 weeks. I am just procrastinating on unwanted things. The last newsletter, I wrote at the last moment.
So this week I was scrolling Twitter and came across a tweet by Saloni Mittal, where she asked a question everyone to tell their favourite quotes. Then I realised I should write a newsletter telling you all which are my favourite quote.
“The pro is the amateur who simply showed up every day.”
Ankur Warikoo, entrepreneur, content creator
Austin Kleon in his book ‘Show Your work,’ tells that being a genius or pro are not able to teach a beginner because he doesn’t understand the beginner’s mind. But an amateur understands the beginner’s mind. So always be an amateur who always learns and teaches others. Also, we should be able to show up every day to learn or make content or anything.
If you want to read a summary of the book ‘Show Your work,’ Ali Abdaal has written a summary of the book in his blog. You can read it here
“Do what you can’t”
Casey Neistat, YouTuber
People will tell you that you cannot do this task, this is impossible for you, you’ll fail, etc, etc. But you have to keep going, keep doing your work and do what you are meant to you.
I was told by my classmates in my 9’th grade that I’ll fail and amount to anything. But now I know I am doing far better than them.
This was a wooden block, I painted it and wrote this quote on it.
“Don’t believe the predictions that don’t empower you”
Society will always tell you that you cannot do this, you have to be an engineer or doctor or you are a failure, content creation is a waste, etc. But if it doesn’t motivate you, you need not follow it. But be able to distinguish between feedback and criticism. Feedback will help you and criticism (critic people) will fail you.
“Do Epic Shit”
In this, DO means ‘taking actions. EPIC means a ‘cause bigger than oneself. And SHIT means ‘having fun while doing it.
“Be Stupid”
It’s from Tom Hanks's movie called 'Forrest Gump'. In that movie, there's a quote and my favourite one, "STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES." This means that a person is not stupid by his IQ, but he is stupid by the actions he does. What I do, on the internet or in real life, people sometimes assume me as stupid and am okay with it. You have to be stupid to think and do differently. Another advantage of calling myself stupid is that, when other people call me stupid, I don't feel bad.
These were some of my favourite quotes. But there is no inspiration or quotes that will change your life. But how we PERCEIVE the experiences, that change us. We have to take action towards the things that we want to do. We have to wait for the motivation to hit us. If we work, then motivation will come.
Different from the topic, but it’s like a lifestyle.
Book I am reading currently
I am still currently reading ‘Start With Why by Simon Sinek. I am taking it slow because I am trying a new method of taking notes and I want to understand the book fully and deeply. If you want to see the summary of the book, there’s a talk by Simon Sinek
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