Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Black Swan (№ 389249)

My Parisian classmate, the future novelist Jean-Olivier Tedesco, spoke, telling me that it is not necessary to run to catch the metro: "I don't run for trains".
Despise your destiny. Now I do not rush to flee in order to leave on schedule. This advice may seem unpretentious, but it suited me. Learning not to rush for the train, I appreciated the true value of elegance and aesthetics in behavior, I felt that I can manage my time, schedule and life. To miss the train it's a shame, only if you chase him! Similarly, to achieve such success, what you expect from others, it is insulting only if you seek him. You are over the mice run and turn to the trough, and not outside them if you act in accordance with their own choice. Caring with paid work, if that's your decision, do more good than the money earned (such a thing may sound crazy, but I tried it, it turns out). This is the first step to have the courage to send destiny to hell. You gain much more power over life, if he choose criteria.