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What is worthwhile?

Low expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we aim high, we’ll get better results.

Ted Chiang • Exhalation: Stories

Life is lived in the present moment. Don’t let the pursuit of more stop you from enjoying what you already have - enough.

Ali Abdal

A Harvard psychologist once asked Amos Tversky why he became a psychologist. “It’s hard to know how people select a course in life,” he said. “The big choices we make are practically random. The small choices tell us more about who we are. Which field we go into may depend on which high school teacher we happen to meet. Who we marry may depend on... See more

SIX at 6: The Seemingly Frivolous, Reading A Tongue, Experiencing A Spoon, Authenticating Paintings, The Systematic Choices, and Great Revelations

Doing your best is the surest way to remind those around you to do their best.

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The Miracle of Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vo-Dihn Mai, and Mobi Ho

Your passions should fit you exactly but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.

Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

101 Additional Advices

Kevin Kelly

Asking “what-if?” about your past is a waste of time; asking “what-if?” about your future is tremendously productive.

Daily Review | Readwise

Toolkit to activate excitement:

Act on your highest excitement

Whatever options are available to you at any given moment, choose the option that contains more excitement than the other (even if the excitement is just a little bit more)

To the best of your ability

Act on it to the best of your ability, taking it as far as you can until you can take it

“Feel compliments as deeply as you feel insults.”

James Clear • Highlights From jamesclear.com

“A good marriage is one in which each spouse secretly thinks he or she got the better deal, and this is true also of our friendships.” — Anne Lamott