Living Well
In serving others one becomes great.
Havard, Created for Greatness
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.
CS Lewis
... See moreYour flashlight is already bright enough to achieve your most ambitious goals, and to my knowledge there aren’t many things you can do to actually increase the intensity of your flashlight’s beam much. This is why most of our energy should be directed towards improving our environment to ensure that our flashlight simply remains fixed on the right
When assessing your progress on producing things of real value (the best path to building a rewarding and well-rewarded life), consider your own capacity for hard focus. Most important accomplishments boil down to this single, often overlooked ability.
Cal Newport • On the Value of Hard Focus - Cal Newport
... See moreFrom Genesis, man enters not a paradise without labor but a world of intentional creation. The LORD God places man in the Garden of Eden "to dress it and to keep it" (Genesis 2:15) establishing labor not as punishment but as sacred vocation. This original calling invites us to co-create the Kingdom, tending and developing the world with intention
While our ancestors risked starving or freezing to death, the risks we face today are psychological, not physiological. In a world where survival is all-but-guaranteed, your greatest risk is that you spend your life not really doing a whole lot of anything.
1) Living in the same place as the people you love matters. I probably have 10X the time left with the people who live in my city as I do with the people who live somewhere else.
2) Priorities matter. Your remaining face time with any person depends largely on where that person falls on your list of life priorities. Make sure this list is set by... See more
2) Priorities matter. Your remaining face time with any person depends largely on where that person falls on your list of life priorities. Make sure this list is set by... See more
Wait But Why • The Tail End - Wait But Why
... See moreThe evidence establishes a clear minimum: each major muscle group must experience mechanical tension at least twice weekly to maintain tissue integrity.
Research establishes the minimum daily movement threshold at approximately 22 minutes of moderate activity. Falling below this floor accelerates mortality risk substantially, with sedentary
... See moreMost guys will live and die without ever doing anything truly remarkable. They'll work jobs they tolerate, take vacations to places everyone's been, and fill their free time with Netflix and social media.
Look at the lives of men who defined what it means to be truly interesting:
Roosevelt hunted big game in Africa, survived being shot during a