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The Latin aphorism, ars longa, vita brevis , describes exactly this: skilfulness takes time and life is short. In order to become anything, you must eliminate everything else — life is about choosing your sacrifices, you don’t get to not make any, but you get to choose which ones.
A Theory of General Well-Being
Rust Cohle: Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.
Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life’s strategy.
Maria Popova • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Life is, of course, just like this: You get only one shot, and it’s up to you to make the most of it by rejecting okay or even pretty good ways to allocate your time or other resources — to hunt down the opportunities to make really great bets on yourself. Do not make barely positive-value bets with your life!