Alex Glass

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Easy to spot a yellow car when you are always thinking of a yellow car. Easy to spot opportunity when you are always thinking of opportunity. Easy to spot reasons to be mad when you are always thinking of being mad. You become what you constantly think about.... See more

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Thinking

Parenting

Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.

Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

Communication

What really matters

Thought provoking

More and more it seems to me that about the best thing in life is to have a piece of work worth doing and then to do it well.

Leadership Quotes by Doris Kearns Goodwin

What really matters

According to John Gottman, 69% of a typical couple’s fights are perpetual, based on core differences, and cannot be resolved—and a skilled couple understands this and refrains from engaging in these brawls again and again.9

Tim Urban • How to Pick Your Life Partner - Part 2

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.

Thought provoking