What makes me tick
" Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. "
Howard Thurman
Thomas Klaffke • Aliveness: Reframing Productivity
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"I don't need time. What I need is a deadline." — Duke Ellington
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As psychologist Barry Schwartz puts it: “Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard.”
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Affliction of Abundance: FOBO or the Fear of a Better Option
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i think maybe a useful tool for working is; whenever i start believing things are impossible, i am simply tired and need rest. i can begin again when i have the energy to believe in possibilities. i am not a negative person, i am just exhausted.
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we’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars
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The people I admire most live in total alignment. They know who they are, what they want, and what they value. Their mission is clear and so are their priorities. And so, they live uncompromisingly. Family, friends, work, health and spirituality coexist as a single unified whole.
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Worry, at its core, is the repetitious experience of a mind attempting to generate a feeling of security about the future, failing, then trying again and again and again – as if the very effort of worrying might somehow help forestall disaster.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
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Reading and writing are usually best for critical thinking. Listening is ideal for understanding emotions, and doing is better for remembering information.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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