The last thing you do the best is what you have the most joy doing.
Interpretation
Pursuing what brings you joy can lead to your greatest achievements.
This quote emphasizes that true success comes from engaging in activities that bring you joy and fulfillment. When you do what you love, you are likely to excel and achieve remarkable results, as passion drives dedication and effort.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students to pursue their passions.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.
Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own land and beyond. Where others seek to throw up barriers, we seek to bring them down; where others take counsel of their fears, we follow our hopes.
Being criticized in the media is a good problem to have - most of the time. It means you're doing something that is at least interesting or cool or crazy enough to be noticed. It might not always feel good, but it's usually better than the alternative of obscurity.
Success is the ability to continue to move through total disaster.
I placed too much importance on comparing how much I had to others early on. Then I started realizing time was a far more valuable asset. When I started using money to create more time, I appreciated both more.
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