This is a story of one person's unlikely success within the context of scores of embarassing failures.Was my eventual success primarily a result of talent, luck, hard work or an accidental just-right balance of each? All I know for sure is that I pursued a strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.

The systems model can be applied to most human endeavors:<ul><li>In the world of dieting - losing twenty pounds is a goal, but eating right is a system.</li><li>In the exercise/fitness realm - running a marathon in under four hours is a goal, but exercising daily is a system.</li><li>In business - making a million pounds is a goal, but being a serial entrepreneur is a system.</li></ul>

Goals V Systems

Every business or social activity requires a basic understanding of how the human brain perceives the world. We are all in the business of selling some version of ourselves. Psychology is embedded in everything we do.How much more effective would you be if you had a greater understanding of psychology? Answer: a lot.It's a good idea to make psychology your lifelong study. On a scale of one to ten, the importance of understanding psychology is a solid ten.

Psychology

A goal Is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't some time in the future.If you are waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it's a goal. A system is something you do regularly which increases your odds of happiness in the long run.If you do something regularly, it's a system.

Think of your priorities in terms of concentric circles, like an archery target:1st ring - you. Take care of your health.2nd ring - economics. Your job, investments, property. If you don't get your personal finance engine working right, then you place a burden on your family and the country.3rd ring - family, friends and lovers. To truly enjoy life, you need to be right with these relations.4th ring - your local community, your country and the world, in that order. Dont bother to fix the world before controlling the inner circles.

The Energy Metric 

People become unhappy if they have too many options in life.You want to feel like you have researched and considered all your options. ﻿Find great comfort in routine.The happiness formula:<ol><li>Eat right</li><li>Excercise</li><li>Get enough sleep</li><li>Imagine an incredible future </li><li>Work towards a flexible schedule</li><li>Do things you can steadily improve at</li><li>Help others (if you've already helped yourself)</li><li>Reduce daily decisions to routine </li></ol>

Happiness And Routine

Focus on your diet first so you have the right energy to excercise.Excercise improves your energy which in turn makes you more productive, more creative, more positive, more socially desirable, and more able to handle life's little bumps.Happiness is the only useful goal.Acquire as many key skills as possible, including public speaking, business writing, a working understanding of psychology, an understanding of basic technology concepts, social skills, proper voice technique, good grammar, and basic accounting.Think in terms of systems, not goals.

Summary

A list of important patterns for success:<ol><li>Lack of fear of embarrassment - this allows one to be proactive. Its what makes someone take on challenges instead of writing it off as too risky.</li><li>Education - having the right level of education limits the risk of unemployment.</li><li>Excercise - good health is a baseline requirement for success. Exercises makes a person smarter, psychologically braver, more creative, more energetic, and more influential.</li></ol>

Pattern Recognition 

The smartest system for discerning your best path to success involves trying lots of different things - sampling.It's generally true that if no one is excited about your art/product/idea in the beginning, they never will be.Don't be fooled by the opinions of friends and family. They are all liars.

Recognising Your Talents

People who enjoy humour are simply more attractive than people who don't.Humour raises energy, this boost in energy makes you more willing to excercise, which raises your overall energy even more.A map of traps to avoid: <ul><li>Overcomplaining is never funny</li><li>Don't overdo self deprecation</li><li>Don't mock people</li><li>Avoid puns and wordplay</li></ul>

Humour 

A compilation of key areas to focus on in order to increase your chances of success in life ✨️

Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career, revealing the outsized role of luck in our lives and how best to play the system. Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone you’ve even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the game plan he’s followed since he was a teen: invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket. No career guide can offer advice that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares how he turned one failure after another—including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants—into something good and lasting. There’s a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of entertainment along the way. Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance: • Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners. • “Passion” is bull. What you need is personal energy. • A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable. • You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others. Adams hopes you can laugh at his failures while discovering some unique and helpful ideas on your own path to personal victory. As he writes: “This is a story of one person’s unlikely success within the context of scores of embarrassing failures. Was my eventual success primarily a result of talent, luck, hard work, or an accidental just-right balance of each? All I know for sure is that I pursued a conscious strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.”

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Mindfulness

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Money & Investments

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Motivation & Inspiration

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Books

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Leadership & Management

Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career, revealing the outsized role of luck in our lives and how best to play the system. Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone you’ve even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the game plan he’s followed since he was a teen: invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket. No career guide can offer advice that works for everyone. As Adams explains, your best bet is to study the ways of others who made it big and try to glean some tricks and strategies that make sense for you. Adams pulls back the covers on his own unusual life and shares how he turned one failure after another—including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and his two restaurants—into something good and lasting. There’s a lot to learn from his personal story, and a lot of entertainment along the way. Adams discovered some unlikely truths that helped to propel him forward. For instance: • Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners. • “Passion” is bull. What you need is personal energy. • A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable. • You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others. Adams hopes you can laugh at his failures while discovering some unique and helpful ideas on your own path to personal victory. As he writes: “This is a story of one person’s unlikely success within the context of scores of embarrassing failures. Was my eventual success primarily a result of talent, luck, hard work, or an accidental just-right balance of each? All I know for sure is that I pursued a conscious strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.”

Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.He also studied economics and management for his 1986 MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.In recent years, Adams has been hurt with a series of debilitating health problems. Since late 2004, he has suffered from a reemergence of his focal dystonia which has affected his drawing. He can fool his brain by drawing using a graphics tablet. On December 12, 2005, Adams announced on his blog that he also suffers from spasmodic dysphonia.

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