Living Well
... 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
In serving others one becomes great.
Havard, Created for Greatness
... 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 moreIn fact, each single day of ours is a period given us by God, so that we may fill it with love for him, with love for those around us, with work well done, with putting the virtues into practice; in a word, a life full of good works pleasing to God’s eyes. Now is the time to amass the treasure that never perishes. For each one of us it is the
In Conversation with God
... See moreThe only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reason of Christianity. Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother, how he can assist his
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
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
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.