Thought provoking
by Brynne Delerson · updated 8h ago
Thought provoking
- Wisdom is anticipating the consequences of your choices. In life and business, success is about making good trade-offs. It’s not about having it all. It’s about having what matters most. We all value different things. That’s what makes life rich. Opportunity cost is what you give up when choosing; trade-offs are the balancing acts you perform when ... See more
from Attention Required! | Cloudflare
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“I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
from You May Also Like by Tom Vanderbilt
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No one benefits from you scrolling on your phone and feeling sad and then going to Starbucks.
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The antidote is figuring out what you care about, what you're good at, and what you like doing that can make the world a little bit better.
Then, really do that thing.
You can’t do everything, but there are a few things you can do really well. You have tofrom No one benefits from you scrolling and feeling sad by Alex Dobrenko
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- Stopping to ask yourself, “why do I like this?” can give you answers that unlock even more than you initially thought. By slowly building up a strong sense of personal taste, it creates confidence in that taste.
from It’s All Sweetgreen by Mark Sabino
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- Social media firms are] coming for every second of your life...And it's not because anyone is bad, it's not because anybody in this company has evil plans or is trying to do this, they're not even doing it consciously. Their entire model is growth. They’re coming for every second of your life. We used to colonize land. Then they realized [let’s go ... See more
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Are you better off ordering your favorite food off a menu or something you have never had? Rozin had suggested to me it might depend on where you want your pleasure to occur: before, during, or after the meal. “The anticipated pleasure is greater if it’s your favorite food. You’ve had it, you’re familiar with it, you know what it’s like. The experi
... See morefrom You May Also Like by Tom Vanderbilt
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