Thought.is

“The research is pretty clear,” Charlie said. “They have done experiments. They’ve deprive animals of play—they give them love, nurturing, food, shelter, all the things they need to survive— but they deprive them of play, the animal inevitably grows up to be socially and emotionally crippled.”

Have a spirit of adventure, the desire to learn something new, be an explorer and never get too comfortable.

I get this question all the time. “How do I find my purpose?” Some people find their purpose in a fight. In a mission. In a cause… Brandon explained that the people who join these radical groups, or any group, were probably suffering in life. And they wanted to fill a hole. They wanted what any human wants: a feeling of belonging. That’s the powerful force pulling them in.

Do lots of things. See what you love. Do the things you love again. Don’t do the things you don’t love.

Star Wars gave me destiny. That sounds stupid. Like I’m a four year old. I don’t care.

Just watching and thinking is the lowest part of the learning curve. You appreciate something and you think about it and you recognize quality but you aren’t really getting better.

Within a year my life was always completely different. 100% upside down from the year before. More money, more luck, more health, etc.

I sold that business for $10 million and then two years later I was dead broke because once again I forgot all about love. I squandered the love. I forgot my small successes and made them into a big failure.