Highlights From jamesclear.com

Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead on progress:

“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.​”

Morgan Housel on finding the sensible balance between optimism and pessimism:

“Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in fa... See more

“It’s crazy how 1,000 people can compliment you and you’ll spend all day thinking about the one person who criticized you.”

“Don’t spend what you haven’t earned.

Avoid financial debt. Don’t spend money you haven’t earned.

Avoid social debt. Don’t spend goodwill you haven’t earned.

Avoid calendar debt. Don’t spend (free) time you haven’t earned.

The disciplined earner can be a guilt-free spender.”

“It costs nothing to ask a successful person how they succeeded, but it may deliver more value than 1,000 hours of hard work.

Others are under no obligation to tell you their secrets, but it is surprising how much you can learn from sincere, direct, and thoughtful questions.”