Good Advice
Just overall good guidance.
Good Advice
“Criticizing is easy and fast. Creating is difficult and slow.
The two hours you spent on a book or movie usually took to years to produce.
Anyone can tear down someone else’s work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.”
Criticizing vs Creating
“Is that assumed or confirmed?”
3-2-1: On muddy puddles and leaky ceilings, the secret to productivity, and how to spoil a great relationship
“Many problems are minor when you solve them right away, but grow into an enormous conflict when you let them linger.
As a rule of thumb, fix it now.”
As a rule of thumb, fix it now.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: Paying Attention, Staying Hopeful in Bad Times, and Ten Year Plans - James Clear
Asking for feedback creates a critic. Asking for advice creates a partner.
Brain Food: Believing, Toys, and Feedback
“If you want to avoid criticism, create less.
If you want to avoid irrelevance, create more.”
If you want to avoid irrelevance, create more.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: How to be consistent, the value of beauty, and designing for relaxation
“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.”
—Mark Manson
—Mark Manson
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“In some areas of life, your reputation is defined by your wins.
In areas like these, your mistakes fade away and the breakthroughs last. But in other areas of lif... See more
- Creative pursuits. One bestseller or hit song can erase the memory of the ones that didn’t work.
- Entrepreneurship. People rarely remember your failed business ideas, only your winning ones.
In areas like these, your mistakes fade away and the breakthroughs last. But in other areas of lif... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On how to handle idiots, pushing toward growth, and two types of choices in life
“The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.”
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“Commitment makes good things better and bad things worse.
The more “all-in” you are on a good relationship, the better it becomes. The more you commit to a toxic relationship, the deeper you get trapped.
The more you invest yourself in fulfilling work, the more your effort fuels you. The harder you work on a bad project or in an unsatisfying role, t... See more
The more “all-in” you are on a good relationship, the better it becomes. The more you commit to a toxic relationship, the deeper you get trapped.
The more you invest yourself in fulfilling work, the more your effort fuels you. The harder you work on a bad project or in an unsatisfying role, t... See more