Author: Nitesh Gautam

• Be present above all else.
• Desire is suffering (Buddha).
• Anger is a hot coal that you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at someone else (Buddhist saying).
• If you can’t see yourself working with someone for life, don’t work with them for a day.
• Reading (learning) is the ultimate meta-skill and can be traded for anything else.
• All the real benefits in life come from compound interest.
• Earn with your mind, not your time. 99% of all effort is wasted.
• Total honesty at all times. It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.
• Praise specifically, criticize generally (Warren Buffett).
• Truth is that which has predictive power.
• Watch every thought. (Always ask, “Why am I having this thought?”)
• All greatness comes from suffering.
• Love is given, not received.
• Enlightenment is the space between your thoughts (Eckhart Tolle).
• Mathematics is the language of nature.
• Every moment has to be complete in and of itself.

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