Advice About Being
For example, I’d argue that discipline is more important than passion, because there’s no controlling what you’re passionate about. I actually really struggle to work on projects I’m not excited about, because I’m not particularly disciplined.
Josh Comeau • “I Don’t Get Excited About It”
Surprised by this. What does it mean? Not sure yet.
Don’t debate, if the data is available (get the data first, then discuss)
Shaan Puri • 5 Tweet Tuesday - July 9, 2024
I forgot this constantly. Switch and Decisive by the Heaths mean I should know better by now.
“What I’ve always felt,” Ezra said, “is we don’t try to top a previous album. Instead, we try to continue to reveal the whole. It’s like if you're showing someone around the United States, and you started out in Los Angeles—if the person has never seen the rest of America, they might say, ‘Ok, I get it, America is filled with palm trees, sunshine,
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That is not a growth juggernaut. In fact, that sounds downright bad. Like, maybe you should shut the company down because it’s obviously not working. Or at least, there should be an existential struggle about whether to continue.
Jason Cohen • A Smart Bear » It's a Torturous Chaos Until It Isn't
I still forgot that success is slooooow
Czech president and writer Vaclav Havel:
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we... See more
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we... See more
And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”
Tim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Richard Feynman, Music for Flow, AI Eye-Poppers, the Most Brutal Great American Novel, and a Quote to Wake You Up
What we fill our lives with is who we are. I’ve spent so long removing and thought so little about what I add.
Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you for competence. But people will only love you for your character.”