Mindset: Motivation
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Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to break out of stagnation: momentum, visualization, and self-belief
Dan Martell
March 20, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Motivation
8
- Your past failures are often your greatest qualification to help others.
- Confidence built on ability collapses under pressure — build it on intention.
- Most people quit just before momentum breaks through: compound pounding counts.
Gratitude is a practice, not a personality trait
GaryVee
March 16, 2023
Motivation
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Unhappiness is a choice sustained by the inputs you consume
- "Perfectionist" is just fear of failure with better branding
- One decision to fight for happiness can change your trajectory
Resilience & grit
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Overcoming fear, opinion, and inaction to live without regret
GaryVee
March 15, 2023
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Motivation
6
- The real fear is peers laughing at you, not rejection itself
- Perspective practice — service, mortality, breathing — shrinks mundane fear
- Deepfake video is the one technology problem without a clear answer
Ambition without burnout: the pragmatic middle path
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 6, 2023
Motivation
9
Work-life balance
8
Goal setting
7
- Why both chasing everything and wanting nothing leave you miserable
- Set short goals with lasting payoffs, then ladder up deliberately
- Separate background activities from projects — only one project at a time
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Why Silicon Valley shifted from nonconformists to conformists
Y Combinator
February 5, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Motivation
6
- Tech went from a fringe career to a mainstream status game
- Conformists treat investors as customers, not users
- Real builders bet on themselves, not on fitting in
Luke Belmar on AI, drop shipping, and building wealth outside the system
Brett Malinowski
February 2, 2023
Motivation
8
Business models
7
Bootstrapping
6
- White-collar jobs face faster AI replacement than blue-collar ones
- Three criteria that guarantee money: best, high demand, irreplaceable
- CBDCs make money programmable — governments can freeze your spending
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Four mindset hacks to replace fear with forward focus
Dan Martell
January 2, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
7
- Fear and faith are both future projections — you choose which.
- Swapping 'have to' for 'get to' rewires how tasks feel instantly.
- A single memorised question can interrupt fear and reset focus.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Turning adversity into fuel: the Stoic formula for using everything
The Daily Stoic
December 16, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
7
- Bad experiences are material — the Stoics said use all of it
- Farm life makes Stoic principles concrete, not abstract
- Dragging a dead cow home: memento mori you can't intellectualise away
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Self-control and love: two stoic practices for the week
The Daily Stoic
October 10, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
6
- Most people are controlled by their habits, not themselves.
- Sympathia: every human encounter is a chance to practice kindness.
- To be loved, love — the only stoic love potion that works.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Todd Henry on building a daily creative practice
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 12, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Motivation
6
- Anyone who solves problems is creative — most just lack the practices.
- 366 daily prompts replace big retreats with small, compounding habits.
- Intentionality — not talent — is what keeps creative output sustainable.
Memento mori: the Stoic practice of remembering death daily
The Daily Stoic
August 30, 2022
- Every minute that passes already belongs to death — spend none poorly.
- Seneca's reframe turns age into years already died, not years remaining.
- Stoics like Socrates doubled down when threatened — difficulty is no reason to stop.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Three lessons from Ironman racing that make you a better entrepreneur
Dan Martell
August 15, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
7
Business operating systems
5
- All the real work happens before the big moment arrives.
- Your weakest business area will eventually cause a costly breakdown.
- A documented list of whys pulls you through the hardest stretches.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Epictetus on the dichotomy of control: Enchiridion Part 1
The Daily Stoic
July 31, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Motivation
5
- Only your judgements and responses are truly in your control.
- Directing desire or aversion at externals guarantees disappointment.
- True freedom requires wishing nothing that depends on others.
How to become more irreplaceable at work over time
Dr. Grace Lee
July 13, 2022
Motivation
7
Goal setting
6
- Absolute irreplaceability is a myth — progress is the real goal
- Align your growth with your organisation's values and priorities
- Each new skill or relationship compounds your value year on year
Motivation beats knowledge: how to show up when it counts
Dan Martell
June 6, 2022
Motivation
9
Resilience & grit
6
Identity & self-belief
5
- Success is an obsession problem, not a knowledge gap.
- Habits carry you when motivation disappears — build them.
- Committed founders act as if the stakes are life or death.