Here you will find some of the greatest quotes about Scaling.
Quantity has a quality of its own.
Long-term Freedom is always a good thing. There is no counterexample. It has the highest correlation with the other good things in life from any metric you can possibly choose.
You’re just so unimaginably far away from the maximum Freedom you can theoretically have that you cannot even imagine it.
If you visit a poor country, you’d be astonished by the creativity of the local people. They have no other choice.
A strong Game of Self gives you considerable leverage over your circumstances.
If you’re not happy because of internal Barriers, you’re not truly free.
A comfortable life, combined with easy dopamine hits from social media and other sources, is a direct path to inertia and Sheep mode in your life.
There are billions of people in the world who have way less Freedom by no fault of their own, just due to the places they were born in and / or tough luck. While it’s not your fault for being lucky or privileged, personally, I take it as a responsibility to fight for their Freedom too.
Helping others brings Joy and Meaning to life, and the feeling of development and growth is great for mental health.
Where to grow except in the ability to help others?
Go volunteer in Sub-Saharan Africa and talk to people in extreme poverty for a few weeks, and you’ll get motivated for life.
Just do something, make a first step!
There are two clear improvement scales in life – Morality and Freedom. The net contribution of every person to society is roughly proportional to the multiple of those.
The morality scale is about how much you value others and about not putting your needs, ego, or beliefs above their needs and their humanity.
People mostly do what other people in their social tribe do.
Morality was a beneficial evolutionary trait.
Around 30% of people are actually so highly moral that it becomes an obstacle for their personal growth journey and reduces their Long-term Freedom a lot.
The world has recently come to the point where it’s easier to create than to destroy.
Ideas are what will save us from hate, division, misinformation, and populism.
Most people are ultimately well-meaning. The populists’ followers are usually decent people who have been heavily manipulated into believing a story of twisted truths.
Most people want to contribute ideas for the common good.
The contribution of most people is a net positive for society at large.
Do you think it’s easier to make a politician more moral or to make yourself more powerful and free?
Both you and the world need you to scale your Long-term Freedom as far as possible.
The sweet spot, if you don’t have any special talents, is Entrepreneurship.
Money can be converted into many Freedom-improving activities for you and others.
Business starts and ends with hiring. Nothing is as valuable as the efforts of smart, motivated people.
For everyday chores, you can outsource. But for your core activities in life, you hire.
Freedom comes with covering basic requirements in the Game of Self and then scaling in the Game of Life.
Freedom a quantity, not a quality!
Make sure your fails are fast and small.
You need a lot of Hunter mode and a healthy amount of Chaos.
Hire for your very first employee a person you genuinely care for. The closer the person, the better. You just mixed work and love. The world didn’t explode.
I founded an 8-figure company without me or anyone from the team making a single cold call, ever. Because the industry choice was great.
Money is not everything. It’s important to have fun and remember basic ethics.
People matter more than money and raw performance numbers.
Every time humanity and compassion triumph over distance and indifference, you will see a massive increase in Happiness and performance.
Nokia started out as a paper mill. It’s not the industry and business model that define a company; it’s the people and culture.
Shared responsibility is a recipe for disaster.
The world is full of both business partners who abandoned ship early and early employees loyal for decades.
Most people’s main drivers are not money and net worth but rather appreciation, Freedom, growth, and fun.
Success is largely a self-fulfilling prophecy. You just have to believe.
Doing it is usually way faster than thinking about it, and then doing it.
The more you are in Hunter mode, the more you do. The more you do, the more you enter and stay in Hunter mode.
Most people never start.
Treating your ideas like precious children is stupid. Let them out in the open; you need feedback.
No one will steal your idea – people lack motivation to get their own ideas going, let alone foreign ones.
Spam is simply a direct, non-bullshit path to information, attention, and money.
If you’re brief and direct, people will appreciate you valuing their time. If you’re cute and funny, they will value you trying to brighten up their day.
The spark for a business start is the Love strategy, which aligns your Game of Self with the business. The fuel for a business start is the Spam strategy, which aligns your Game of Life with the business.
You didn’t need your logical brain; in fact, you had to turn it off. Your IQ is mostly irrelevant.
Let’s scale your Freedom for the many that can’t fight for theirs.
