Quotes 9–16

A person who has wasted a lot of time has gained the experience of having wasted a lot of time, so compared with someone whose path has been smooth, they should be able to use that as a springboard and work hard. There is no such thing as wasted time.

You can’t get up in the morning because you think “I have to get up.” If you think “I don’t have to get up,” you will sleep soundly.

The lack of content you notice when you build a website!

No matter how much you think about it, there are things you can’t understand until you actually get your hands moving. Like the number on a rolled die.

A little while ago, I invented a surprising name for the phenomenon of “building something that is already established from scratch again, without knowing it exists”: “reinventing the wheel.”

Living on “sensibility” alone is fun and nice, but when things don’t go the way you want, you have no choice but to feel down. I came to think that “intellect” is for exactly those times.

“Artificial food additives are bad, and things from nature are safe.” You can’t say that so simply, as anyone can see by looking at a poisonous mushroom.

When a successful person says “I was just lucky,” it does not mean “I didn’t do anything in particular, but I succeeded by sheer chance.” It means “I did everything within my power, and all that was left was to leave the rest to luck,” so you must not misunderstand it and let your guard down…