Shane Parrish Quotes

Shane Parrish is the founder of Farnam Street, the world’s most-read blog on clear thinking. Described by Business Insider as ‘Wall Street’s biggest influencer’, Shane’s podcast The Knowledge Project has been downloaded 35 million times.

Over the long run, focus and discipline often beat talent.
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Say the least. Absorb the most.
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Impatience kills more dreams than incompetence.
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What looks like success is often just patience.
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You can disagree without saying anything. Not needing to win trivial arguments saves you time, energy, and friends.
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Distance yourself from people that you don’t want to become.
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What appears to be luck is often preparation and patience.
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You are not responsible for other people’s opinions, feelings, or perceptions of you. They own that, not you.
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The most practical skill in life is learning to do things when you don’t feel like doing them. Anyone can do it when it’s easy, but most people drop out the minute it gets hard.
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The best way to improve your ability to think is to spend large chunks of time thinking. One way to force yourself to slow down and think is to write. Good writing requires good thinking. Writing gives poor thinking nowhere to hide. A lack of understanding becomes visible.
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Chess masters know that to win you have to avoid losing. The first thing they do after an opponent make a moves isn’t to think about strategy or winning but rather to ask them self: what’s the threat? Avoid stupidity before seeking brilliance.
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If you are not patient with the little things, you won’t be patient with the big things.
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A plethora of options creates a poverty of commitment.
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The best teacher is self-reflection.
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One mark of a smart person is the ability to learn from people they don’t like.
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Be wary of spending a lot of time with people whose default behavior is not your desired behavior.
To change your behavior, spend time with people or groups whose default actions are your desired behavior.
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Writing a long email is easy; Writing a short one is hard.
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Inactivity creates fatigue.
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Wisdom is earned, not given. When other people give us the answer, it belongs to them and not us. While we might achieve the outcome we desire, it comes from dependence, not insight. Instead of thinking for ourselves, we’re dependent on the insight of others.
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Waiting for the right time to do something you know you need to do is seductive. About 99% of the time, waiting only makes things harder.
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