3 Quotes to Turbocharge Your Life

Some meditations to think about

Oftentimes you can find the best wisdom in a simple quote.

Insightful and concise, but most importantly, actionable.

Requiring little investment, it’s why people latch onto them on social media

They should be clear and actionable.

I like a good quote, but sometimes it can be beneficial to explore them more deeply. And what better platform to do this than in a newsletter like this.

A good quote should snap you out of something, where you think fuck yeah that makes sense. They slap you in the face. Too often, we read them and move on.

These types of quotes can be used as a solid starting point for deeper introspection.

As I’m a big fan of agency, empowerment is a key theme.

Below are three impactful quotes I’ve tried to keep at the forefront of my mind.

1.

As a rule, people who are terrified of what others think about them are actually terrified of all the shitty things they think about themselves being reflected back at them — Mark Manson.

We can go beyond caring what others think. Let’s be honest, the key point here is that we think shitty thoughts to ourselves.

But, that’s something we can control.

Instead of doing what seems to be outsourcing our sense of self-worth to other people, this quote tells us, that it all begins and ends with ourselves.

It’s the power of perception yet again. What we can take away from this is empowering. It seems that we incorrectly perceive that we care what others think.

When actually, it’s all in our heads. We can replace or examine our own ‘shitty thoughts’ whenever we start to imagine what others might be thinking.

I’ve derived a new quote to help replace those shitty thoughts and caring what others think:

I am the judge jury and executioner of my own self-esteem.

Caring about what other people think is a serious limitation.

First, it stopped me from writing on Medium, then Substack, then Twitter. This fear starts to peels away like onions.

2.

In life, you must choose your regrets — Christopher Hitchens

This is a better way of saying that you can have whatever you want but you can’t have everything. It’s better in two ways.

• It latches onto our ingrained negativity bias, and highlights that regrets and suffering are inevitable. In an empowering way, there’s agency in having or perceiving to have the ability to choose.
• In speaking of regrets, it touches on something everyone seeks to avoid, but few realise is unavoidable.

In my early twenties, I often optimised for decisions that I thought would help me escape regret in later life.

I wish I had seen this quote earlier but it still may not have made much difference.

You can explain something until the cows come home to those coming up behind you, about whether a path is right or wrong, but 9 times out of 10, people will still have to experience it for themselves.

What this quote teaches us, is that you’d be far better off thinking about what regrets you can live with, as opposed to trying to avoid them altogether.

(Another top tip would be to listen to and read anything by Christopher Hitchens).

3.

If you zoom out far enough, you can’t see the earth — Alex Hormozi

This is all about perspective.

This is all about how insignificant everything actually is.

And our insignificance can be our greatest motivator.

One thing I have heard highlighted a lot lately is how, in just a few generations, you will be forgotten.

But right here, and right now?

If you zoom out far enough, you essentially don’t exist. And with that, neither do your problems.

Perspective, I have come to understand, is a superpower, and this quote keeps mine in check.

The only thing that matters is relationships, not your problems.