Reminders for myself
"Today might be the best chance you have to take action.
The longer you wait, the more deeply embedded you get in your current lifestyle. Your habits solidify. Your beliefs harden. You get comfortable.
It will never be easy, but it may also never be easier than it is right now."
The longer you wait, the more deeply embedded you get in your current lifestyle. Your habits solidify. Your beliefs harden. You get comfortable.
It will never be easy, but it may also never be easier than it is right now."
3-2-1: On finding the best way to do something, how timing shapes communication, and making unreasonable requests
Attention, on the other hand, just is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention. At the end of your life, looking back, whatever compelled your attention from moment to moment is simply what your life will have been. So when you pay attention to something you don’t especiall
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Quality is what everyone wants. Quantity is what no one wants to earn. But the truth is simple: quality hides in the repetition.
It emerges in the 9th draft, the 50th try, the 100th rep. Not when you force it. But because you outlasted your own shortcuts.
Patience is more than just waiting. It’s staying with the work long enough to become undeniable.
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It emerges in the 9th draft, the 50th try, the 100th rep. Not when you force it. But because you outlasted your own shortcuts.
Patience is more than just waiting. It’s staying with the work long enough to become undeniable.
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Hiten Shah • Tweet
Be Very Careful About The Way You Craft Your Narrative
“Notice,” Michael Lewis suggests, “the effect the stories people tell about themselves have on their lives. If you listen to people, if you just sit around and listen, you’ll find there are patterns in the way they talk about themselves.” Some people are always the victim in the stories they te... See more
“Notice,” Michael Lewis suggests, “the effect the stories people tell about themselves have on their lives. If you listen to people, if you just sit around and listen, you’ll find there are patterns in the way they talk about themselves.” Some people are always the victim in the stories they te... See more
SIX at 6: A Reign of Error, Good And Bad Air, Second Opinions, Running Out Of Luck, Phoebe Buffay, and The Effect Of Your Narrative
“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
Ryan Holiday • Tweet
Maxim: Focus! Founders have to ruthlessly protect their focus because nothing is more valuable than quick feedback loops on learning, execution, launching and feedback. He told an incredible story of an entrepreneur in Europe who was invited to go meet Dan Ek, founder of Spotify. The person said no because it would take too much time to go see him ... See more
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"The difference between a hero and a coward isn't what they feel. They're both scared. It's what they do."
Ben Horowitz • Ben Horowitz: Quit being a coward and do the hard thing
"The way to figure out what to work on is by working."
"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more
"I think for most people who want to do great work, the right strategy is not to plan too much. At each stage do whatever seems most interesting and gives you the best options for the future. I call this approach 'staying upwind.' This is how most people who've done great work seem to have done... See more