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what's a good commitment?
We get stuck in a holding pattern when we believe there’s only one path, or two, instead of those millions of paths that fork and diverge based on our individual strengths and characters. In some worlds you’re happy and curious and feed the parts that make you fully and idiosyncratically yourself. The parts that seek beauty and truth and goodness a
... See moreAnother strategy, and a popular one, is to not commit to anything. To hold out for better options, wait until the last minute, move restlessly from one thing to the next, and never commit to anything that could trap you. It feels like freedom but is, in fact, just another cage. When you are surrounded with unlimited opportunities, inaction seems li
... See moreJeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Artists need to commit to a creative life more than painting. Philosophers need to commit to the pursuit of wisdom more than studying Nietzsche or Hegel. Designers need to commit to designing their world more than choosing between Graphic Design or Web Design. It’s about committing to one holistic direction whilst making sure that it awakens the li... See more
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As I make hundreds of small choices throughout the day, I’m building a life—but at one and the same time, I’m closing off the possibility of countless others, forever. (The original Latin word for “decide,” decidere, means “to cut off,” as in slicing away alternatives; it’s a close cousin of words like “homicide” and “suicide.”) Any finite life—eve
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
taken such vows—but we choose to live like monks anyway, rooting ourselves to a home or a career and using the future as a kind of phony ritual that justifies the present. In this way, we end up spending (as Thoreau put it) “the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.” We’
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
