The Evergreens

you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the high stakes stuff. They are the building blocks of confidence, and that's an enormous thing.

Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.

Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.

Near the end of December, I open my email or pick up a pen, and I begin composing thank-you notes. The messages are usually just a few sentences long: I recap my interactions with the recipient that year, put my finger on what I appreciated, and say I’m grateful. But when I consider whom to thank, I realize the list could go on and on. I try to... See more

you almost certainly can't consistently do the kind of work that demands serious mental focus for more than about three or four hours a day.