“I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting sick of their own bullshit” – Elizabeth Gilbert
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“I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting sick of their own bullshit” – Elizabeth Gilbert
- I don’t think you can truly change for the better in a lasting, meaningful way unless it’s driven by self-acceptance. In essence, beating the sh** out of yourself to improve performance only works for so long.
from Brené Brown — Striving versus Self-Acceptance, Saving Marriages, and More (#409) - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss by Tim Ferriss
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(Anyhow, the golden rule in my family is this: If you’re supporting yourself financially and you’re not bothering anyone else, then you’re free to do whatever you want with your life.)
from Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Most of our attempts to become better people, fitter and healthier, more moral/ productive/ organised, and so forth, make this problem worse– because it's basically impossible to pursue any program of personal change without the thought, somewhere in the back of your mind, that successfully completing the change will catapult you into a new and som
... See morefrom What if You Never Sort Your Life Out? by Oliver Burkeman
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