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Random Recordings #12

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for December 2017:

  1. Suffering is a moment of clarity, when you can no longer deny the truth of a situation and are forced into uncomfortable change.
  2. Avoid compulsively making things worse.
  3. Busy is a decision.
  4. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself.
  5. Stop worrying about what other people think.
  6. Hero worship is not thinking for yourself.
  7. If you can surprise yourself, you can probably surprise everyone else.

Random Recordings #10

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for October 2017:

  1. Humans are in danger of losing economic value because intelligence decoupled from unconsciousness.
  2. The greatest truths in life are usually the most unpleasant to hear.
  3. Don’t hope for a life without plans, instead hope for a life full of good problems.
  4. To be happy we need something to solve, therefore, happiness is some form of action.
  5. Are struggles determine our successes.
  6. When we learn something we don’t go from wrong to right, we go from wrong to slightly less wrong.
  7. The more something threatens your identity the more you will avoid it.
  8. Are most radical changes in perspective often happen at the tail end of our worst moments.
  9. Absolute freedom by itself means nothing.
  10. Travel is a fantastic self-development tool because it extricates you from the values of your culture and shows you that another society can live with entirely different values and still function and not hate themselves.
  11. It’s not our experiences that form us, but the ways in which we respond to them.
  12. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
  13. Please stop waiting for a map.  We reward those that draw maps, not follow them.
  14. Boundaries are often in your head, not in the system.
  15. Doing something doesn’t mean it’s going to be right, doing something means you’re taking action.
  16. “This might not work” isn’t merely something to be tolerated, it’s something you should seek out.
  17. If you don’t ship, you haven’t actually started anything at all.
  18. Be the one who starts things.

 

Random Recordings #8

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for August 2017:

  1. Credit is the economic manifestation of trust.
  2. Failure is not being authentic and not going for it.
  3. Processes can slow things down, but discipline is what you need to create better outcomes.
  4. Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Planning – WOOP; this is the way you can achieve the things you want to achieve.
  5. Don’t ask yourself what obstacles are in your way, ask yourself what obstacles are in yourself.

Random Recordings #7

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for July 2017:

  1. Accept rejection, but learn from every single no.
  2. In an alternative universe, if you were to work for the person you were hiring, would you work for them.  If the answer is no, you probably shouldn’t hire them.
  3. If you’re not embarrassed by the first release of your product, then you released too late.
  4. Ethereum commoditizes trust.

Random Recordings #6

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for June 2017:

  1. Approach life with boldness and humility.
  2. The threat is stronger than the execution.
  3. The only easy day is yesterday.
  4. Take the optimist approach to adversity.
  5. Historians study the past, not in order to repeat it, but in order to be liberated from it.
  6. It’s amazing how many “woods” we create instead of “paths” to our destination.
  7. Do you have a strong intention or a strong why? Focus on the strong why.

Random Recordings #5

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for May 2017:

  1. Write your values in pen and your strategies in pencil.
  2. Use Facebook ads to find employees.
  3. Concentrate on the task at hand.
  4. “The moment I start to think about physics and have to concentrate on what I’m explaining, I’m completely immune to being nervous” – R. P. Feynman
  5. 620,000 died due to violence, 1.5 million died due to diabetes. Sugar is more dangerous than gunpowder.
  6. It’s better to be hated for who you are then to be loved for who you are not.

 

Random Recordings #4

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for April 2017:

  1. Core Value: I can do it.
  2. You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.
  3. The biggest moments in your life are moments of inspiration or desperation.
  4. Courage is more important than confidence.
  5. Number one reason employers don’t share company vision is because they don’t know what it is.
  6. People need to hear the vision seven times before they hear it the first time.
  7. Culture is created through consistencies.
  8. Surround yourself with good people.
  9. Monitor for the dashboard.
  10. You can have one name in two seats, but not two names in one seat.
  11. Be the hero of your own story, not the victim.
  12. Competition is the anti-capitalist.
  13. What gets measured gets things done.
  14. Problems are like mushrooms, when it’s dark and rainy they multiply, under bright light, they diminish.
  15. Lack of decision or procrastination is some of the major causes of failure.
  16. It’s less important what you decide, than it is that you decide, so decide.
  17. Significance is more important than celebrity.
  18. The world is full of people that love life enough to wake up today.

Random Recordings #3

This is part of a series I call random recordings. You can learn more here: https://anthonymontalbano.com/random-recordings-1/

The following recordings are for March 2017:

  1. The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair.
  2. Use admin pointers for admin plugins and themes to help guide the user
  3. WP Demo Buddy
  4. Being happy isn’t getting what you want, it’s wanting what you got.
  5. To predict the future, you start with the future and work your way back.
  6. Vision without traction is merely hallucination.
  7. You need leaders that are able to simplify, delegate, predict, systemize and structure.
  8. If you cannot risk, you cannot grow.  If you cannot grow, you cannot become your best.  If you cannot become your best, you cannot become happy.  If you cannot become happy, then, what else matters.
  9. If you’re not happy with the current state, you have 3 choices; live with it, leave it or change it.  If the first 2 are not options, it’s time to admit that you don’t want to live that way any longer.
  10. Your mind is like a parachute, it must be open to work.
  11. Look into Behat for behavioral testing in PHP.