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Writer C. Raymond Beran on friendship: "What is a friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better, or worse. When you are with him, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been decla

"The amateur does not know what to do. The master knows what not to do."

"Curiosity can empower you or impede you. Being curious and focused is a powerful combination. I define this combination as unleashing your curiosity within the domain of a particular task: asking questions about how things work, exploring different lines of attack for solving the problem, reading ideas from outside domains while always l

"Of all the ways you could be spending your precious time and attention, it is very unlikely that you are currently spending it in the optimal way. The only path I know for figuring out a better way to spend your life is to sit and think. You simply have to carve out some time to think carefully about what you're doing, why you're doing it, and wha

"The information you consume each day is the soil from which your future thoughts are grown." from a James Clear email dated 21 Dec 2023 #JamesClear

"Many of the best things in life grow along the way. • Start hanging out with someone and love grows along the way. • Start exercising and motivation grows along the way. • Start writing and inspiration grows along the way. Start now and let the feeling follow." from a James Clear email dated 21 Dec 2023

Steve Jobs explains the secret to focus: "People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is sayi

"You will love whatever you pour your heart into. Passion follows commitment." from a JamesClear email dated 28 Dec 2023