All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.
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All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.
It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply to my most important to-dos that positively affect my life. That's it.
In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.
Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget about whether it's going to get published.
Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.
Your intention rules your life and determines the outcome.
Demands that you believe the impossible do not lead to peaceful outcomes.
The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.
If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.
Everyone has the power to impact the outcome of his life. The way to do it is to focus on today. . . It is too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow.
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.
If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.
Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be.
Surrender is faith that the power of Love can accomplish anything even when you cannot forsee the outcome.
If we know where we are and something about how we got there, we might see where we are trending - and if the outcomes which lie naturally in our course are unacceptable, to make timely change.
We all travel different roads to our ultimate destinations. For some of us the path is rockier than for others. But no one reaches the end without feeling some form of adversity. So rather than fight it, why not accept it as the way of life? Why not detach yourself from the outcomes and simply experience every circumstance that enters your life to the fullest?
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
There are no failures, only outcomes. As long as I learn something, I am succeeding.
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
Good things take time, as they should. We shouldn't expect good things to happen overnight. Actually, getting something too easily or too soon can cheapen the outcome.
The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.
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