James Clear
The common narrative is that kids learn faster than adults, but if you watch any toddler they spend a large portion of the day attempting things that are on the edge of their ability.
How much time have you spent on the edge of your ability today?
How much time have you spent on the edge of your ability today?
James Clear • 3-2-1: How to learn faster, what you put into the world, and the value of numerous attempts
Two simple rules:
Look around and you may be surprised by what people are “practicing” each day. If you consider each moment a repetition, what are most people training for all day long?
Many people are practicing getting mad on social media. Others are practicing the fine art of noticing how... See more
- You get better at what you practice.
- Everything is practice.
Look around and you may be surprised by what people are “practicing” each day. If you consider each moment a repetition, what are most people training for all day long?
Many people are practicing getting mad on social media. Others are practicing the fine art of noticing how... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
Your biological age is the number of days you’ve lived.
Your psychological age is the number of thoughts you’ve entertained.
Your sociological age is the number of contributions you’ve made.
Your psychological age is the number of thoughts you’ve entertained.
Your sociological age is the number of contributions you’ve made.
James Clear • 3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
If you do not actively choose a better way, then society, culture, and the general inertia of life will push you into a worse way. The default is distraction, not improvement.
James Clear • 3-2-1: How to learn faster, what you put into the world, and the value of numerous attempts
Journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson reminds us that we have the power to choose our path:
“It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. There is more to it than that — no one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind up doing, by all means ... See more
“It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. There is more to it than that — no one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind up doing, by all means ... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: How to learn faster, what you put into the world, and the value of numerous attempts
When dreaming, imagine success.
When preparing, imagine failure.
When preparing, imagine failure.
James Clear • 3-2-1: How to learn faster, what you put into the world, and the value of numerous attempts
Writer and professor Joseph Campbell on loving your fate:
“Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called “the love of your fate.”
Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need.” It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportun... See more
“Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called “the love of your fate.”
Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need.” It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportun... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Loving Your Fate, How to Handle Pressure, and the Value of Being Proactive Yet Positive
How does this action feed the next? How does this project make the next project easier?
James Clear • 3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
Entrepreneur Ben Chestnut on the importance of momentum:
“Never sacrifice momentum. I might know a better path, but if we’ve got a lot of momentum, if everyone’s united and they’re marching together and the path is O.K., just go with the flow. I may eventually nudge them down a new path, but never stop the troops mid march.”
“Never sacrifice momentum. I might know a better path, but if we’ve got a lot of momentum, if everyone’s united and they’re marching together and the path is O.K., just go with the flow. I may eventually nudge them down a new path, but never stop the troops mid march.”