Be Successful Now
Our obsession with extracting the greatest future value out of our time blinds us to the reality that, in fact, the moment of truth is always now—that life is nothing but a succession of present moments, culminating in death, and that you’ll probably never get to a point where you feel you have things in perfect working order. And that therefore yo... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
In the beginning, the dissonance between the scale of your aspirations and the reality of your days will riddle you with anxiety. You will be tempted to strip the unknown of its surprises and travel to the future: What if my customers churn? What if a competitor introduces a better product? What if I run out of ideas? But spending your time wrestli... See more
Sari Azout • Check your Pulse #49
Given this truth, the surest path to happiness and success is not to pursue more, but rather to appreciate what you have and to focus your limited time and mind on less. Choose the single great thing over the many good ones.
M. Andrew McConnell • Get Out of My Head: Creating Modern Clarity With Stoic Wisdom
As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now. Some might say, “I can do it tomorrow, or next year,” believing that something that exists today will exist tomorrow. Even though you are not trying so hard, you expect that some promising thing will come, as lo
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