feature or a bug?
how advantages can be disadvantages and strengths can be weaknesses
feature or a bug?
“It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.” — Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
Eli added 3mo
Someone dumber and lazier than you is making 10x the money because they are too dumb to doubt themselves.” - Kyle Harrison via Trevor McKendrick newsletter
Eli added 3mo
II.
Writer and activist James Baldwin on the power of reading:
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been ali
... See moreEli added 3mo
“Contrary to popular belief, time does not heal, time does not fly, time does not do anything. Time has no consciousness. It does nothing for you. The key to happiness now is what you choose to do with your time right now. Are you, right now, making the most valuable use of your time? This moment is, after all, the time of your life. Your choices a... See more
Eli added 3mo
“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.”
—Arthur Schopenhauer
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Rob Henderson @robkhenderson
Eli added 3mo
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Outlook
Eli added 3mo
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
-Jack Kornfeld
Eli added 4mo
Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
Richard Feynman
Eli added 4mo
In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Eli added 4mo