Reminders for myself
by Eric Johnson · updated 4mo ago
Reminders for myself
by Eric Johnson · updated 4mo ago
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The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.
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The Chinese symbol for crisis 危机 is composed of two elements: one signifies danger and the other opportunity.
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Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b
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Experience. Don’t observe.
Inhale. Don’t read.
Transfigure. Don’t shift.
Advocate. Don’t ponder.
Prove. Don’t promise.
Encourage. Don’t cut.
Imagine. Don’t worry.
Do. Don’t analyze.
Hear. Don’t listen.
Show. Don’t tell.
Give. Don’t take.
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