The Game of Legend

There isn't a single group in the world that has wisdom. Even if you go to a Buddhist monastery, that group doesn't have wisdom ... Groups are a dumbing down phenomenon. Groups are a regression to the mean phenomenon.

In general, leaders tend to be too interested in what others think of him ... As long as he is influenced by what others say, as long as he has insecurity about how he may be viewed, then he will not be anywhere near his ultimate with regards to performance.

No one ever looks at where they are because they’re so busy looking at where they should be.

Look at your own life. Examine, honestly and innocently, all the prescriptions that you followed for purposes of your life and well-being and your business and your profession, whatever it may be ... See where it’s gotten you. See if it has gotten you to an arrival. See if it has gotten you to a permanent state in which there are no more questions.

Whatever you're afraid of, that's what you're going to make sure doesn't happen. So, if you’re afraid of losing and you're afraid of not becoming a success, then you’ll go down the path of hard work and struggle. If you’re afraid of not learning the absolute truth, and that’s what you’re truly afraid of—how good you could have been, then you’ll go down the path of mastery.

Competition is like fighting over a half-eaten sandwich. Competition is, fundamentally, for non-masters.

Everyone tends to have, in general, a hole that they’re trying to fill. That hole is filled by success or by wins or by money or by status—whatever it may be. That really creates an enormous problem because then you’re beholden to the outcome to decide how it is that you feel about yourself.

I think there is definitely freedom in genuinely not being interested in what others think of you. I think that’s a massive milestone to reach in any human being’s life. That sort of imprisonment... really ruins your life.

Everything in this society is a scam. From the government, to the FDA, to sports coaching, to business coaching—it’s all a farce! There’s nothing real here. It’s just swirling muddy water.

It isn't about 'How can I perform better?' It is about 'What are the problems and what are the things that I have not realized that have hampered my performance?'

I think a team is really a false construct. There's no team. From the outside, it looks like a team. But each person within that team is a perfect individual who is the best at his particular thing.

Most experts aren't really experts. People are experts based upon what they’ve read.

Competition breeds mediocrity.