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Heard this in AA years before I realized it was wu wei: “It's easier to act your way into new ways of thinking than it is to think your way into new ways of acting.”

30 takeaways from Barry Diller: 1. The clock starts the moment you know. 2. Money is a byproduct, not a motivation. 3. No job is below you. 4. If you want responsibility, take it. 5. Don’t run from confrontation. 6. If you don’t get what you want, be prepared to walk away. 7. The best way to learn is to start something, where each step teaches you every task. 8. Instinct beats algorithms. 9. “Data can tell you what has happened, not what can or will happen.” 10. Don’t treat your job as a stepping stone. 11. It’s far better to be underestimated than overestimated. 12. Make decisions as an optimist, not a pessimist. 13. “The daily drip of cynicism that this business generates in carloads has to be constantly exorcised.” 14. Decision-making shouldn’t be peaceful. 15. The outside of picture-perfect mansions and the inside rarely resemble each other. 16. Curiosity is the only success metric that matters. 17. Hire for hunger. 18. Don’t get into contests. 19. Don’t look back at what might have been. Keep your eyes on the horizon. 20. If you like the idea, start. Don’t over-analyze. 21. Act like a principal, even if you’re not one. 22. “You either are or you are not capable of being on your own.” 23. “The world belongs to the discontented.” – Robert Woodruff 24. Start with trust. 25. Conventional wisdom is uninteresting. 26. “Either you are or you’re not.” Independence is binary. 27. Read everything with a detective’s eye. 28. To get the job you want, master the one you have. 29. Risk without reward is charity. 30. Conflict is better than consensus. Listen to the full episode now, "Barry Diller on The Knowledge Project," or see links in comments below.

My dad turns 70 today. No single person has had a greater impact on how I move through the world. But he rarely sat me down to teach lessons or offer lectures. He just lived in a way that showed me what mattered most. Here are 7 lessons he taught me—by living them: 1. Always have high expectations (and high support). The two pillars of strong relationships: High Expectations and High Support. High Expectations: The belief that the other person is capable of excellence, that their potential is only limited by their own views. High Support: The ability and willingness to provide the love, support, and engagement to help the person meet those high expectations. The magic is found at the collision of the two. That’s what my father gave to me. And what I’ll always strive to give others. 2. Never give up your agency. When I was 12, I got cut from the first all-star baseball team I tried out for. I was devastated. My dad walked into my room and said: "I know you're upset. I understand. But here are the three things the coaches said you needed to work on. Let's go out every day this summer and work on them together." My dad subtly reframed that failure as an opportunity. Then he showed up to help me capitalize on it. It was a reminder that I was capable of taking an action to create a desired outcome. That I was in control. That I was at the wheel. I'll never forget that. 3. Choose your path, not theirs. There’s a beautiful quote often attributed to Joseph Campbell: “If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” It’s painful to step off the clear path, but the greatest rewards in life always accrue to those who have the courage to do just that. 4. Hard work is never overrated. A lot of people say this, but my dad is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen. Throughout my life, I saw him work hard on things he cared about, to create outcomes he cared about (for his work, but also for his life). I’ll always show up and work like a madman for the people and things I care about—because it’s the surest way to get the things you want out of life. 5. Just keep showing up. A few days into my freshman year at Stanford, I called my dad and told him I was feeling pretty discouraged. I felt way out of my depth on the baseball field and in the classroom. His guidance was simple: “Just keep showing up.” You can get pretty damn far in life by just being someone that people can count on to show up and do the work. Never bet against the person who just keeps showing up. 6. You are how you treat people when nobody’s watching. He treated every single person with the same level of kindness, warmth, and respect. He lived by a simple rule: Character is who you are when nobody’s watching. 7. Choose the path with the larger luck surface area. You can take deliberate actions to expand the surface area on which lucky events can strike in your life. It's hard to get lucky watching TV at home. It's much easier to get lucky when you're creating motion in the world. *** At the end of one of my book tour events, my father was asked by the moderator how he feels seeing his son on stage: “I’m proud that he is becoming the man he wants to be.” Not the man I want him to be—but the man that he wants to be. Well, it comes full circle, because he is the man I want to be. He was, and always will be, my hero. To my Dad on his 70th birthday. Thank you. For everything. I love you!

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