things you should remember
by Agalia Tan · updated 8d ago
things you should remember
by Agalia Tan · updated 8d ago
We buy back our time not only with the money we spend, but also with the opportunities we decline. The more clearly you know how you want to spend your days, the easier it becomes to say no to the requests that steal your hours.
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fill up your own cup, and let them fall in love with the overflow
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Live the Pareto Principle lifestyle:
Relationships. Who are the few people that have the most positive impact on my life? Spend more time with them.
Priorities. What are the few actions that have the most positive impact on my day? Prioritize them.
Learning. What are the few information sources I learn the most from? Focus on them.
Stress. What are
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"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light."
- Nothing Personal, James Baldwin
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What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
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Everything is temporary. When a mood is so overwhelming we tend to mistake the intensity of it for the longevity of it
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A toll gets you to somewhere you want to go to. A tax sucks you dry. Be okay with tolls in your life, they make you better. Taxes on the other hand are a part of life and of course should be paid, but you don't want to live a life with only taxes, no tolls. You want mostly tolls, some taxes.
- Greg Isenberg
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One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.
— C.S. Lewis
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Rethinking is a sign of strength
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