David Goggins on how small wins spark growth, Reid Hoffman on working smart, and 10 rules by Kobe Bryant

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1: David Goggins on how small wins spark growth

“We all need small sparks, small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones.

Think of your small accomplishments as kindling. When you want a bonfire, you don’t start by lighting a big log. You collect some witch’s hair—a small pile of hay or some dry, dead grass. You light that, and then add small sticks and bigger sticks before you feed your tree stump into the blaze.

Because it’s the small sparks, which start small fires, that eventually build enough heat to burn the whole forest down.”

Source: Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins

2: Reid Hoffman’s advice on working smart versus working hard

"Hard work isn't enough. And more work is never the real answer. The sort of grit you need to scale a business is less reliant on brute force. It's actually one part determination, one part ingenuity and one part laziness. You want to minimize friction and find the most effective, most efficient way forward. You might actually have more grit if you treat your energy as a precious commodity.

So forget the tired cliche of running a marathon. You want to be more like Indiana Jones, somersaulting under blades, racing a few steps ahead of a rolling boulder and swinging your whip until you reach your holy grail."

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/30/linkedin-founder-reid-hoffman-says-work-smarter-not-harder.html

3: 10 Rules by Kobe Bryant

Here are 10 rules by Kobe Bryant, posted outside the Philadelphia Eagles locker room.

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- The Z Fellows Team

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