#3 - Andre Agassi: Open

The lessons I learned from reading Open by 8x Grand Slam tennis champion Andre Agassi:

00:00 Introduction
02:30 Choosing the wrong pursuit for the wrong reason guarantees the wrong outcome, even if you succeed, even if you achieve greatness in that pursuit.
06:01 It’s your job to avoid the obstacles life throws at you.
39:25 There are good things waiting for you on the other side of tired.
52:17 Winning changes nothing. Being famous doesn’t make you exciting. Money doesn’t buy you happiness. So you might as well pursue something that is meaningful to you.
54:34 You know everything you need to know about people when you see their faces at the moments of your greatest triumph.
59:55  Achieving the goals others have for you only fulfills them, not you.
01:14:16 The only thing we can do with our lives that has any lasting value is helping others.
01:23:48  When the reason behind your pursuit is bigger than yourself, it becomes easy for you to keep going when you hit adversity.
01:35:12  Finding peace in the face of adversity comes from pushing through it, not from quitting.
01:36:30 Choosing the wrong pursuit for the wrong reason guarantees the wrong outcome, even if you succeed, even if you achieve greatness in that pursuit.
01:38:21  Embrace adversity because if it were all removed from your life, you might achieve more, but you'd be less.
01:43:29  The same court on which you suffer your bloodiest defeat can become the scene of your sweetest triumph.
01:46:02 There's magic in books.

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