A good Diet is not just What you eat. It is also what you Read and consume in Media

“So much can be accomplished in one focused hour, especially when that hour is part of a routine, a sacred rhythm that becomes part of your daily life.”

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“When people worry about your mental diet, they tend to fret about the junk you’re pouring into your brain—the trashy videos, the cheap horror movies, the degrading reality TV, Such Brain Robbing shows like the Kardashians and Jersey Shore or any of those idiotic dating on Island shit shows and ... I’m not so worried about the dangers of mental junk food. That’s because I’ve found that many of the true intellectuals I’ve met take pleasure in mental junk food too. Having a taste for trashy rom-coms hasn’t rotted their brain or made them incapable of writing great history or doing deep physics. No, my worry is that, you won’t put enough really excellent stuff into your brain. I’m talking about what you might call the “theory of maximum taste.” This theory is based on the idea that exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness. If you spend a lot of time with genius, your mind will end up bigger and broader than if you spend your time only with run-of-the-mill stuff. The theory of maximum taste says that each person’s mind is defined by its upper limit—the best that it habitually consumes and is capable of consuming.”

“A positive mindset won't carry you to victory, but a negative one guarantees defeat.”

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“The truth may sting, but silence can leave a scar.

We see the barriers holding back the people we work with, just as they see ours. But telling them is hard.

Telling the truth might hurt them, but not telling harms them.”

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“The truth shrinks as the crowd grows.

In a large meeting at work, people hold back their honest opinions. The resulting conversation offends the fewest people but is often not the truth.

Smaller groups are more likely to find truth than larger ones.”