Dear daughter,
I want to share with you some of my favorite phrases. These helped me many times and keep me motivated to keep going. Enjoy them!
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
There is no need of comments here. What a powerful idea!
Success is the progressive realization of worthy goal.
Earl Nightingale
Remember that every person is a world, and not every world has intelligent life.
Intelligent life definition: beings that can learn and understand things
Very useful when you find yourself thinking about what others think about you.
Don’t be afraid to entertain—a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Brian Macdonald.
What do you think? It is very clear, isn’t it?
Don’t give me logic, give me emotion.
This works in storytelling. But is the worst you can do, or even think about, when making a financial decision, especially about investing.
The truth should not be confused with the opinion of the majority.
Jean Cocteau
This is something to remember always. Interestingly, many people found themselves confused. There is even a term that I can relate to this: herd mentality.
If you live like no one else now, later you can live and GIVE like no one else.
Dave Ramsey
This one is great and so true! It is helpful to think like that when you start living under your means, getting out of debt, saving, and investing.
My dear daughter, are you able to live like no one else now?
Money is the root of all evil.
I like this one because it is proof that the truth cannot be confused with opinions. It reminds me of how people are afraid to talk about topics that can be hard or unpleasant. Also, this is one is really a myth about money.
My daughter, remember always to learn from the good and the bad. Both are instructive. They can teach you want to do and what not to do.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin
What do you think? This one cannot be clearer. As I always tell you, my daughter, study a lot and always keep studying and learning, knowledge is not heavy but can set you free.
Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.
Warren Buffett
This phrase was told in the context of investing in the stock market. It also reflects that is a poor decision to follow the mentality of the herd to make an investment decision.
It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
George Soros
This one is another quote in the context of investing in the stock market.
Waiting helps you as an investor and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that.
Charlie Munger
Inspiration is good, but inspiration with action is so much better.
Chris Guillebeau
So, take action my daughter, take action!
Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.
Earl Nightingale
You can also link this phrase with the book The blue zones of happiness: Lessons From the World’s Happiest People by Dan Buettner. You will get many good insights from that book.
“Do not fear mistakes – fear only the absence of creative, constructive, and corrective responses to those mistakes.”
W. Rolfe Kerr.
I’ll keep updating this list for you regularly.
Love you, Dad.