A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -John Burroughs

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Benjamin Franklin

Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don't make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.

Charles Leclerc

We will have plenty of spare time

Beware the hobby that eats.

Benjamin Franklin

 Amazing 

I am going to Italy for the 12th time in June. I know Rome well I would live there, the weather, the food, the scooters, the wine....

I went to Rome for the first time perhaps in 1985 with Schoenstatt and we were received by pope John Paul II . I loved Rome even without money.  In my second visit during an Interrail I would take a night train to Milan to sleep and I would come back in the morning. At that time there were no cell phones and I spend almost one month with just 1 or 2 phone calls home.

Incredible the lack of supervision our parents had on those days. 

 😊This is great list if we add never compare with other people

 This guy was a clear thinker. That looks so simple.

“What’s the number one form of differentiation in any industry? Being number one.”

- Marc Andreessen

“With limited time or opportunity to experiment, we intentionally narrow our choices to those at the top.”

— Seth Godin

From Fs Blog

There are tremendous benefits to being the best in any particular area. Top performers might be only slightly more skilled than the people one level below them, yet they receive an exponential payoff. A small difference in relative performance—an athlete who can run 100 meters a few microseconds faster, a leader who can make better decisions, an opera singer who can go a little higher—can mean the difference between a lucrative career and relative obscurity. The people at the tops of their fields get it all. They are the winners in that particular market. And once someone is regarded as the best, they tend to retain that status. It takes a monumental effort for a newcomer to rise to such a position. Every day new people do make it to the top, but it’s a lot easier to stay there than to get there.

I could not agree more, when you are a prospect if you know someone is the biggest you know there is no risk. If so many people buy there it must be ok. That is also why my wife wants to go to a crowded restaurant and not to a empty one. If you are number one you should let everybody know that. people don't want to take risks.