30 Days of Genius- Ramit Sethi

Ramit's words are in bold. My personal comments are in italics.

• "What’s something you claim you want to do that you don’t actually do?"
• Jeez, this hit me hard. There are so many things we say we want to do, either to ourselves or others. And once we say it, it seems like we're halfway to accomplishing it. But so often, we just don't. For whatever reason, we live a life of excuses. But I know there are things I said I would do that I never did. And what's important is to be honest to oneself about what we are or are not doing. Not critical, just honest.

• "Instead of going 1 to 1000, go from 1 to 1.1"
• Start somewhere, don't expect everything all at once. Doing something is the first step to whatever your end goal is.

• "Losers have goals, winners have systems" -Scott Adams
• Quoting the Dilbert cartoonist, Ramit says that goals are important, but what really matters is processes. If you create systems around your life, the successes will come.

• "There's a game being played around us."
• Yes! The whole world is made up. Everything is a construct of somebody's imagination. Why not make your life built off of what you believe to be true? Do what you want, because the rest of life is built by what others wanted to do, often decades before.

• "Should I do a or b? Yes."
• When faced with two options, the best people excel at both. Should I focus on academics or build a business? Yes. Should I work out or read more? Yes. Don't compromise one passion for another- excel at them both. 

• "Information is useful not in the novelty, but in the utility"
• Education for education's sake is awesome. But what is really most important is the knowledge we can apply to our lives. 

• "Be a value, not a commodity."
• Don't sell yourself short. Come off as someone with enough value to leverage getting what you want. Don't give discounts, don't give yourself away. You are valuable, and you should sell yourself as such.