Anxiety Coffee Procrastination Break
sometimes we have to be in a hot state to overcome our fears about trying new things.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
Experience. Don’t observe.
Inhale. Don’t read.
Transfigure. Don’t shift.
Advocate. Don’t ponder.
Prove. Don’t promise.
Encourage. Don’t cut.
Imagine. Don’t worry.
Do. Don’t analyze.
Hear. Don’t listen.
Show. Don’t tell.
Give. Don’t take.
Brian Collins • 101 Design Rules
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“There is a strange feeling that one is not yet in real life. For the time being, one is doing this or that… [but] there is always the fantasy that sometime in the future the real thing will come about." - Marie-Louise von Franz
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
Leber • Persistence Prevails
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived
Luke Burgis • Why I Write
"We often make choices based on immediate outcomes. What can I do to experience a little joy in the next 30 minutes? What can I accomplish in the next hour? But if you always expect to get a little bit of reward for a little bit of effort, then you often overlook actions that lead to greater payoffs down the road. The relationship between input and... See more
Wes Claytor • Great Quotes — Wes Claytor
How I kill procrastination with AI:
1. Pull up voice mode and brain dump what I’m supposed to be working on.
2. Ask it to break the task down into 25 steps with the first one taking less than 5 seconds.
Poof, now I have a checklist to crush. Instant momentum.
Dickie Bushsubstack.com