NeverBeNeedy
On change: We unconsciously adopt narratives about the shape of our lives from previous generations, movie plots, and our peers. These “scripts” are often useful but tend to outlive their purpose as we age. Much of life is about figuring out which stories to discard as you age.
🌀 Open Loops #123
In the short term, you are as good as your intensity. In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency.
Shane Parrish • Tweet
Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Focused people eliminate options, not accumulate them.
Brain Food: A Series of Plateaus
Men need to solve problems and feel like they are useful to their tribe. Taking that from successful people away is torture
📝The Magic of Stem Cells, The Emperors of Rome, Huberman on Happiness, Micky Malka, David Senra and Danny Hillis (Free)
The most successful people. . . often aren't directly pursuing conventional notions of success. They're working hard and persisting through difficulties because of their internal desire to control their lives, learn about their world, and accomplish something that endures.
Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, p. 60.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved. Helen Keller
Ralph Waldo Emerson • Self-Reliance
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