Life Lessons
To get the job you want, master the one you have.
— Barry Diller
Consistently good is way better than occasionally great.
Think again — It’s okay to change your mind. Being humble enough to rethink, to change your mind to be open to new evidence, ideas and thoughts is a game changer. Being wrong isn’t a bad thing, on the contrary being able to shift your beliefs with new information is powerful.
Mastery is earned — You can’t buy it, it can’t be gifted, it can’t be hacked. If you want to master something, put the work in.
The Comfort Book
“In order to get over a problem it helps to look at it. You can’t climb a mountain that you pretend isn’t there.”
“Curiosity and passion are the enemies of anxiety. Even when I fell into anxiety, if I get curious enough about something outside of me it can help pull me out. Music, art, film, nature, conversation, words. Find passion
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Consider these action-focused reminders to kick stress to the curb:
Action beats overthinking. Every time.
Prioritize and then act. Don’t let everything be ‘urgent’.
Laugh at a joke today, even if it’s your own.
Tidy space = tidy mind. Spend 10
Most complexity is unnecessary, but we manage it instead of removing it because deletion requires courage that addition doesn't.
— Shane Parrish
Most arguments are ego competitions disguised as truth-seeking.
— Shane Parrish
Be eager for learning, even if it comes from the snout of a hog.
— H.L. Mencken