Designing Your Dream Life

• I had to define the right game, the one that would actually lead to the life I wanted.

Chapter 2: The Five Types of Wealth

• Social Wealth is defined by a few deep, meaningful, healthy relationships.
• Financial Wealth is built upon growing income, managing expenses, and investing the difference in long-term assets that compound meaningfully over time.
• When you measure the right thing, you take the right actions and create the best outcomes.

Chapter 4: The Life Razor

• The simplest explanation is the best one. Simple is beautiful.
• Anything asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without.
• Strong signal through action, not words.
• I take care of myself physically and mentally so that I can take care of others.
• I do one good deed each day (and never tell anyone about it).

Chapter 5: Your True North

• Systems are the daily actions that create forward progress.
• High-leverage systems are the daily actions that create amplified, asymmetric forward progress.
• When they’re on, they deploy their energy in a concentrated, glorious burst.

Time Wealth

• Prioritize the depth of friendships that should come with age.
• Avoid bought-status games and focus on playing earned-status games, because the prizes are much more fulfilling.
• Genius, defined as the range of pursuits where you have excellent competency and high interest or passion.
• Focus on the highest-leverage opportunities.
• Be a loud listener. After you ask questions, lean in and show your focus and presence with body language, facial expressions, and sounds.
• Engineer small wins (they become big wins over time).
• Choosing the right pursuits is a direct path to a more purpose-filled, fulfilling, productive, and successful life.
• Mastering the art and science of conversation will pay off professionally but, more important, personally, as it leads to the meaningful connections that provide new texture and richness to life.