Simple happiness
Drivers of happiness
Simple happiness
Everyone knows what works. Few do it after it stops being exciting.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #638
The past is a teacher, not a judge. Your next move matters more than your last mistake.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #631
Blue Zones 9 principles for a healthier, longer life
Stop asking how you can add value—that's just creating work for others. Spend some time figuring it out, then go do it.
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Vicky • Barry Diller: Instinct Over Algorithms
Focus on the inputs, not the outputs
It’s possible that one of the reasons you got on the path of mastery was to look good. But to learn something new of any significance, you have to be willing to look foolish.
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If you’re always thinking about appearances, you can never attain the state of concentration that’s necessary for effective learning and top performance.
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If you’re always thinking about appearances, you can never attain the state of concentration that’s necessary for effective learning and top performance.
Reliability is Magnetic
by George Leonard
People think good decision-making is about being right all the time. It’s not. It’s about lowering the cost of being wrong and changing your mind.
When the cost of mistakes is high, we’re paralyzed with fear. When the cost of mistakes is low, we can move fast and adapt.
Make mistakes cheap, not rare.
-Shane Parrish
my bold; from Brain Food #641
You don’t need more time. You need more focus.
Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.
Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.