James Clear Newsletter Archive
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James Clear Newsletter Archive
Author Ann Hastings on the availability of satisfaction:
“Satisfaction is always available. It is just not always looked for. If, when you enter any experience, you enter with curiosity, respect and interest you will emerge enriched and with awareness you have been enriched. Awareness of enrichment is what satisfaction is.”
“Satisfaction is always available. It is just not always looked for. If, when you enter any experience, you enter with curiosity, respect and interest you will emerge enriched and with awareness you have been enriched. Awareness of enrichment is what satisfaction is.”
3-2-1: On the Best Exercise, the Secret to Winning, and Dealing With Disappointment | James Clear
Entrepreneur Patrick Collison on the value of reading:
“You could try to pound your head against the wall and think of original ideas or you can cheat by reading them in books.”
“You could try to pound your head against the wall and think of original ideas or you can cheat by reading them in books.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On taking action, writing well, and motivating others
The author Cheryl Strayed on trusting your gut:
“Don’t do what you know on a gut level to be the wrong thing to do. Don’t stay when you know you should go or go when you know you should stay. Don’t fight when you should hold steady or hold steady when you should fight. Don’t focus on the short-term fun instead of the long-term fall out. Don’t... See more
“Don’t do what you know on a gut level to be the wrong thing to do. Don’t stay when you know you should go or go when you know you should stay. Don’t fight when you should hold steady or hold steady when you should fight. Don’t focus on the short-term fun instead of the long-term fall out. Don’t... See more
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On the Most Important Conversation, the Value of Time, and Trusting Your Gut | James Clear
The art historian Gustav Friedrich Waagen on how to teach so people learn:
“First delight, then instruct.”
“First delight, then instruct.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Teaching, Mastery, and Working on Important Problems | James Clear
Morgan Housel on finding the sensible balance between optimism and pessimism:
“Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in... See more
“Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in... See more
James Clear • Highlights From jamesclear.com
“Entrepreneur’s mind.
Athlete’s body.
Artist’s soul.”
Athlete’s body.
Artist’s soul.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On confidence, the power of going first, and being a generalist
Poet Mary Oliver on allowing yourself to be happy and full:
“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.
...whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb.”
“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.
...whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Allowing Yourself to Be Happy and Full, and How Small Errors Compound | James Clear
“You know yourself mostly by your thoughts.
Everyone else in the world knows you only by your actions.
Everyone else in the world knows you only by your actions.
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (August 29, 2019) | James Clear
The author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on motivating others:
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast endless sea.”
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast endless sea.”