Truth

Instead of trying to be the best at one thing, try to be "merely" great at two things and then learn to combine them. Not only is this easier, but it will make your skillset more unique, cutting out the competition.

Limits may slow us down long enough to breathe in what we already have, but they do not reduce meaning. In some cases, they may generate more. We’re not designed to be at capacity all the time, endlessly stimulated by activities, saturated in tasks to tick off... To remind ourselves of our limits is a kindness.

I think a lot about the fluctuations of belief—the inevitable up and downs of maintaining engagement with something over long periods of time. Most people seem to think that love is unchanging versus merely enduring, that if you’re really passionate about something you wake up excited to do it every day. I don’t believe that’s true. In fact, it... See more

The mind of a child is a beginner's mind and beginner's mind is about having sort of an attitude of openness and eagerness and a lack of preconceptions, when it comes to studying a subject. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. So by approaching a subject, the way a beginner or a child would, we... See more