Inspiration for your work & life » Voltaire http://blog.givemore.com Work is more than a job. Work is how we make our lives and world better. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Voltaire on Being Brilliant http://blog.givemore.com/voltaire-on-being-brilliant/ http://blog.givemore.com/voltaire-on-being-brilliant/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 03:15:04 +0000 Sam Parker http://blog.givemore.com/voltaire-on-being-brilliant/ “Shun idleness. It is the
rust that attaches itself to the
most brilliant metals.”

–Voltaire (1694–1778)
French writer, essayist and philosopher

Give more brilliance…

Are you sitting on brilliance (waiting for a better day, week, month, year, time to move)?

Be careful to invest your money hours wisely. Time is the only thing you can never get back.

Sure… There are lottery winners. But that’s not the way to bet.

Here’s 3 minutes with Malcolm Gladwell – author of "Outliers: The Story of Success" – talking about the work that goes into the "overnight success".

(If you’re not earning the income you’d like to earn, consider this thought on your money hours.)

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