Truth
What you outsource will atrophy.
Sahil’s Monthly Idea Drop: July 2025 | The Curiosity Chronicle
Anna Wintour with a dose of truth:
“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. What people hate most is indecision.”
“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. What people hate most is indecision.”
Shane Parrish • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
"Good habits stockpile ease. Bad habits postpone pain."
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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
Ruby LaRocca • A Constitution for Teenage Happiness
The entire self-help industry in one sentence: Do what makes mornings exciting and nights peaceful.
Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?
Everything that fails both tests is noise.
Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?
Everything that fails both tests is noise.
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
When you see yourself as capable of doing positive things in a future scenario, you build a positive emotional connection with yourself. And this teaches your brain to treat your future self less like a stranger, someone you hardly know and don’t care about at all, and more like someone you know well and love. “Future me is amazing!”
Jane McGonigal • Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
"Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things. Your mind locks onto a certain element and then searches widely for something unexpected that fits with it. What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? There is always some connective tissue between disciplines. If you wish to be more... See more
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James Clear on creativity.
So this is the one piece of advice I give everyone who will listen: Start something just to make your life more exciting . It doesn’t matter how small it starts (or stays). Personal projects are a vehicle to explore the things that interest you.
Start something of your own ☼ Vintage Versace exhibition ☼ Experimental restaurant design
In any endeavor, we should seek to identify the point of highest leverage. The one thing that makes everything else flow.
Once you identify it, focus on it—and methodically eliminate everything else.
Once you identify it, focus on it—and methodically eliminate everything else.