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Friday Foursight from The Daily Dap (Success Formula, Rags to Riches, Words)

Friday Foursight from The Daily Dap (Success Formula, Rags to Riches, Words)

No. 3 — 12/1/23

Anthony D'Apolito III
December 01, 2023

Friday Foursight includes four sections - read them all or jump to your favorite:

Growth Notes

Quotes + More Quotes

A Few Favorite Links

Question For You

Growth Notes

The words I say, and you say, matter.

I once read the biography of Albert Einstein.

The author of the bio, Walter Isaacson, referenced an experience that Einstein had while at a train station - in order to further explain something about Einstein’s incremental research on his theory of relativity.

In summary, Einstein realized that people are wrong when they say “the train will show up at the station at 7”. Rather, Einstein pointed out that the correct way to say such a statement needs to be, “the train will show up at the station when the hour hand on the clock hits 7.”

There can be multiple lessons taken from this.

In context of what I’m discussing here, it goes to show that the words we say matter.

Not to be hesitant to speak as though one is timid and scared, but rather intricate and detailed in speaking because the words we say influence our mind and our world around us.

2 great examples that were on my X feed recently:

talking about being a “Time Billionaire”
My friend Tom talking about how we he will no longer joke about being depressed, having anxiety, or killing himself.

Quotes + More Quotes

“The courage to start. The discipline to focus. The confidence to figure it out. The patience to know progress is not always visible. The persistence to keep going, even on the bad days. That's the formula.” — Shane Parrish

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anais Nin