Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
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"You probably think the majority of your crabbiness is caused by the idiots and sociopaths in your life plus your inexplicable bad luck on any given day. Based on a lifetime of observation, my best estimate is that 80 percent of your mood is based on how your body feels and only 20 percent is based on your genes and your circumstances, particularly your health."
Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
"Of the big five factors in happiness—flexible schedule, imagination, diet, exercise, and sleep—my pick for the most important is exercise."
Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
"Success caused passion more than passion caused success."
Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
"Things that will someday work out well start out well. Things that will never work start out bad and stay that way."
Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
"Realistically, most people have poor filters for sorting truth from fiction, and there’s no objective way to know if you’re particularly good at it or not. Consider the people who routinely disagree with you. See how confident they look while being dead wrong? That’s exactly how you look to them."
Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life