Top 25 Most Inspiring Rolf Dobelli Quotes (LIFE)

Top 10 Most Famous Rolf Dobelli Quotes (BEST)

“Whether we like it or not, we are puppets of our emotions. We make complex decisions by consulting our feelings, not our thoughts. Against our best intentions, we substitute the question, ‘What do I think about this?’ with ‘How do I feel about this?’ So, smile! Your future depends on it.”
Rolf Dobelli

News is to the mind what sugar is to the body.

If 50 million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.

There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.

A single outstanding skill trumps a thousand mediocre ones. Every hour invested into your circle of competence is worth a thousand spent elsewhere. — A single outstanding skill trumps a thousand mediocre ones. Every hour invested into your circle of **competence** is worth a thousand spent elsewhere.

“How do you curb envy? First, stop comparing yourself to others. Second, find your ‘circle of competence’ and fill it on your own. Create a niche where you are the best. It doesn’t matter how small your area of mastery is. The main thing is that you are king of the castle.”
Rolf Dobelli

Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life?

If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes.

If you want to convince someone about something, don’t focus on the advantages; instead highlight how it helps them dodge the disadvantages. — If you want to convince someone about something, don’t **focus** on the advantages; instead highlight how it helps them dodge the disadvantages.

If your only tool is a hammer, all your problems will be nails.

9 Rolf Dobelli Quotes that Will Make You Think

“Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are idiots. Before you distrust them, question your own assumptions.”
Rolf Dobelli

As paradoxical as it sounds The best way to shield yourself from nasty surprises is to anticipate them. — As paradoxical as it sounds: The best way to shield yourself from nasty surprises is to anticipate them.

It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become. — It’s okay to be envious – but only of the person you aspire to become.

An unrealized loss isn't as painful as realized one. — An unrealized loss isn’t as painful as realized one.

“We are drunk on our own ideas. To sober up, take a step back every now and then and examine their quality in hindsight. Which of your ideas from the past ten years were truly outstanding? Exactly.”
Rolf Dobelli

It is much more common that we overestimate our knowledge than that we underestimate it. — It is much more common that we overestimate our **knowledge** than that we underestimate it.

Should you ever be sent to war, and you don’t agree with its goals, desert.

Stories attract us; abstract details repel us. Consequently, entertaining side issues and backstories are prioritised over relevant facts.

The human brain seeks patterns and rules. In fact, it takes it one step further If it finds no familiar patterns, it simply invents some. — The human brain seeks patterns and rules. In fact, it takes it one step further: If it finds no familiar patterns, it simply invents some.

4 Inspirational Rolf Dobelli Quotes About Life

“Don’t cling to things. Consider your property something that the universe has bestowed to you temporarily. Keep in mind that it can recoup this, or more, in the blink of an eye.”
Rolf Dobelli

Patience is indeed a virtue. — **Patience** is indeed a virtue.

How fortunate we are that books are still ad-free!

If you ever find yourself in a tight, unanimous group, you must speak your mind, even if your team does not like it.

2 Rolf Dobelli Quotes on Investing

“There’s nothing more idiotic than slogging away at a job that earns you lots of money but brings you no joy — especially if you’re investing that money in items rather than experiences.”
Rolf Dobelli