## Metadata - Author: [[Albert lászló barabási|Albert László Barabási]] - Full Title:: The Formula - Category:: #📚Books - Finished date:: [[2023-02-02]] ## Highlights > But this is not a self-help book. I like to think of it, instead, as “science help,” a framework that uses science to understand and orchestrate outcomes. ([Location 158](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B8PLH2T&location=158)) > But as a scientist, I can’t measure individual fulfillment any more than I can assign a number to happiness. ([Location 174](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B8PLH2T&location=174)) > I believe in hard work now. But as the Laws of Success started to unfold before my eyes—as I saw patterns on a large scale that in individual cases seemed random—I was shocked by my own ignorance. ([Location 214](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07B8PLH2T&location=214))