things you should remember
by Agalia Tan · updated 8d ago
things you should remember
- Fear is a yield, not a stop sign. It doesn’t always mean not to proceed. Sometimes it just means you care.
Agalia Tan added 4mo ago
- When I say serious I
don’t
mean solemn and tedious.
I mean something closer to ‘dynamic persistence’, and a sense of humor is often critical to that. It’s hard to persist for a long time if you ‘take yourself too seriously’. You become rigid, stiff, the opposite of dynamic, and eventually you bang up against something that breaks you one way or ano... See morefrom Are You Serious? by Visakan Veerasamy
Agalia Tan added 2mo 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.
Agalia Tan added 5mo ago
- It doesn’t last forever, but that’s really not the point.
Agalia Tan added 5mo ago
- The difference between seriousness and sincerity is not how involved you are in the activities of your life, but in how tightly you grip. In fact, I would go even further still: Gripping less tightly can unlock better performance and with much less effort, as I’ve written about before. Simple activities, like playing catch, floating in a pool, or b... See more
from Be Sincere—Not Serious
Agalia Tan added 3mo ago
“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.”
― Henry David Thoreaufrom 30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)
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Agalia Tan added 5mo ago
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 IsenbergAgalia Tan added 5mo ago
