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by Madeline · updated 8d ago
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- I have curated the most important and deep parts of this book into the following quotes:- You don’t know yourself unless you have to make your own choices.- We don’t understand things when we have an edge. Only when we have the perspective of coming from behind.- If we win during bear markets you’ll be fine on bull markets.- Dispersion of outcomes ... See more
from Antifragile - Nassim Taleb by Tatiana Figueiredo
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- I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle. Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she is a singularly blessed and accepting child, delighted with life exactly as life presents itself to her, unafraid to go to sleep and unafraid to wake up.
from On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion by Joan Didion
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- “We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them,” she insisted, “but by waiting for them.”3
from If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention by L. M. Sacasas
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- Key points – How to revive your sense of wonder
Wondering is rewarding. By embracing wonder – your drive to learn about the world – you can deepen your appreciation of the world’s richness and engage more fully with others.
Wonder commonly declines with age – but it doesn’t have to. A childhood boom in wondering often subsides as people grow up, yet ... See morefrom How to revive your sense of wonder | Psyche Guides
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- alchemy is about facilitating change, growth, evolution, or transformation in another. alchemy is what we do when we offer services or products of any kind.
from your art, ecosystem, and alchemy — kening zhu by Kening Zhu
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- Rest in Peace David Foster Wallace, you would have loved Barbie. We swim in a wretched sea of meaningless mush, and when you have to trudge through nothing but slop all day, every day, it gets harder and harder to not numb out. I really cannot emphasize it enough: there’s so much and it just keeps coming. There’s lots to do. There’s lots to buy. Th... See more
from Everyone Is Numbing Out by Catherine Shannon
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The second was a point from David Foster Wallace’s iconic This Is Water speech: Whatever you worship will eventually eat you alive. “If you worship money and things…then you will never feel you have enough,” he writes. “Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will di
... See morefrom On the Value of Not Reaching Your Goals by Every
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- "Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing.
Same direction. Completely different energy."from 3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love
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Macro patience, micro speed.
from Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
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