Life Guides

by Jon Mead · updated 1mo ago

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.

David Foster Wallace,
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from carry yourself lightly by Nix 🕊
Jon Mead added 1mo ago
It’s a rather simple question that quickly gets to the core of someone’s sense of well-being and legitimacy: did your childhood leave you feeling that you were – on balance – OK as you were? Or did you somewhere along the way derive an impression that you needed to be extraordinary in order to deserve a place on the earth? And, to raise an associat... See more
from Overcoming the Need to Be Exceptional - The School Of Life
Jon Mead added 1mo ago
The more effort we put into the design, the more likely we are to enjoy the end product.
from Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations (TED 2) by Dan Ariely
Jon Mead added 2mo ago
waking up really happy and then an hour later being in a terribly sad place is pretty much the norm for me. I find that the essence of being an adult is trying to conceal that.
from The Story of The Streets by Mike Skinner
Jon Mead added 2mo ago
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