When overwhelmed, after doing any needed planning, just stay in the moment and put one foot in front of the other.
—Marty Nemko
You’ll likely learn more of enduring value from an hour of wise googling than from any course.
—Marty Nemko
Topics: Education, Learning
There’s cost and benefit each time you criticize or suggest. Sometimes, it’s worth the price. Make the choice consciously.
—Marty Nemko
It’s easy to be liked: listen more than talk, praise often, and disagree rarely. The question is, is it worth the loss of integrity?
—Marty Nemko
Key to being liked: While retaining integrity, do more agreeing, amplifying, empathizing. do less arguing, one-upping, yes-butting.
—Marty Nemko
Where at all ethically possible, we must give others hope. Without it, a person figuratively or even literally dies.
—Marty Nemko
To disagree without creating enmity: “I can see why you’d X. (explain.) And (not but) I’m wondering if Y. What do you think?”
—Marty Nemko
We hear stories of persistence rewarded yet for each of those, hundreds have pressed on only to end up broken and/or broke.
—Marty Nemko
A mantra to cure procrastinators: It needn’t be perfect; it needn’t be fun; it just has to get done.
—Marty Nemko
Topics: Procrastination
In managing & parenting, praise when you can, & when you can’t, try invoking guilt, e.g., “I know you’re better than this.”
—Marty Nemko
Unefficacious people can’t or CHOOSE TO not bounce back—it’s a good excuse to avoid facing their inefficacy yet again.
—Marty Nemko
We dun perfectionism, e.g., as causing procrastination. Yet haven’t your perfectionist efforts yielded the most good & satisfaction?
—Marty Nemko
Be tough where you must be, kind where you can be.
—Marty Nemko
The most valuable way to spend a dollar? A memo pad. Keep it with you at all times. Think of ideas. Write them down. Implement them.
—Marty Nemko
If you want to lock in a new attitude or behavior, say and/or write that and why. Then keep paraphrasing, NOT reading it.
—Marty Nemko
Sometimes, a problem has both a rational and an irrational component. It may help to try to solve those separately.
—Marty Nemko
The most powerful motivator may not be fear—people go back to bad habits after a heart attack. Could it be proving themselves right?
—Marty Nemko
Topics: Politics
Ever get tired of being nice? Tempted to throw caution to the wind and say what you really think? If deserved, even yell?
—Marty Nemko
The double standard: If a statement favors redistribution, it gets praised. If favoring meritocracy, it’s usually censored &/or censured.
—Marty Nemko
Might you be wise to focus more on self-acceptance than self-improvement? That might even motivate you to self-improve.
—Marty Nemko
Don’t give up prematurely. Your continued efforts will iterate, improve based on lessons learned from your past failures.
—Marty Nemko
A clue to what career you should pursue: When you’re really comfortable, what do you love to talk about?
—Marty Nemko
I fear we’ll make everything equal until everyone has nothing.
—Marty Nemko
Far better than a course is self-study + a tutor to get you past your trouble spots.
—Marty Nemko
The only God resides within us: It is our wisest attitudes and actions.
—Marty Nemko
Long-winded? Constantly ask yourself, “Does the person really need & want to know this phrase?” And keep utterances to <30 sec.
—Marty Nemko
If the risk/reward ratio of taking an action is good, even if you may fail, it’s usually wise to follow Nike’s advice: Just do it!
—Marty Nemko
Don’t confuse tact with cowardice. Sometimes, it’s wise to speak up boldly.
—Marty Nemko
A clue to what career or avocation you should pursue is to inventory how you actually spend your discretionary time.
—Marty Nemko
As we age, there’s a creeping bitter wisdom we accrue.
—Marty Nemko
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- Louis Farrakhan American Religious Leader
- Daniel Kahneman American-Israeli Psychologist, Economist
- Charles Krauthammer American Political Columnist
- Jerry Seinfeld American Comedian
- Carole King American Singer-Songwriter
- Josiah Royce American Philosopher
- Clark Kerr American Educator
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