Thought provoking
by Jason Johnson · updated 3mo ago
Thought provoking
- "If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your ... See more
Jason Johnson added 4mo ago
Farnum Street
- There are different types of hard work:
1. Outthinking (a better strategy, a shortcut)
2. Pure Effort (working longer, intensity)
3. Opportunistic (positioning yourself to take advantage of change)
4. Consistency (doing average things for longer)
5. Focus (saying no to distractions)
Each of these requires a different type of hard work.Jason Johnson added 4mo ago
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"More is missed by not looking than not knowing."
— Thomas McCrae, Medical School Axiom
Jason Johnson added 4mo ago
- "Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
— Maya AngelouJason Johnson added 5mo ago
- “Trust your obsessions. This is one I learned more or less accidentally. People sometimes ask whether the research or the idea for the story comes first for me. And I tell them, normally the first thing that turns up is the obsession: for example, all of a sudden I notice that I’m reading nothing but English 17th century metaphysical verse. And I k... See more
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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.
from 101 Design Rules by wearecollins.com
Jason Johnson added 5mo ago
"The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them—especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in denial when you make a mistake, you should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as if they were works of art, which in a way they are. The fundamental reaction to any mistake ought to be this: “W
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- “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already.”
— TolstoyJason Johnson added 5mo ago
“The greatest sign of an ill-regulated mind is to believe things because you wish them to be so.”
— Louis Pasteur
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