What really matters
by Alex Glass · updated 18d ago
What really matters
- More and more it seems to me that about the best thing in life is to have a piece of work worth doing and then to do it well.
from Leadership Quotes by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Alex Glass added 19d ago
One fundamental criterion of a life well lived is love of life. It is terribly important, therefore, to enjoy life as it goes along. Joy cannot be postponed. Life as is is of infinite value.
from The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays by Irving Greenberg
Alex Glass added 1mo ago
- Most other resources on which we rely as individuals—such as food, money, and electricity—are things that facilitate life, and in some cases it’s possible to live without them, at least for a while. Attention, on the other hand, just is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attent... See more
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Alex Glass added 1mo ago
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in w
... See morefrom Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova by Anna Quindlen
Alex Glass added 1mo ago
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more
... See morefrom How to Want Less by Arthur Brooks
Alex Glass added 3mo ago
- This is all to say: it’s worth listening when a place calls to you. It’s worth thinking about whether the place you live enables your goals or stands in their way. And it’s worth noticing what surroundings speak of enchantment, cultivate the conditions you feel at home in, and aim toward them. Life is more malleable than we think. It’s a surprise t... See more
from surroundings that speak of enchantment by Tommy Dixon
Alex Glass added 4mo ago
- Our obsession with extracting the greatest future value out of our time blinds us to the reality that, in fact, the moment of truth is always now—that life is nothing but a succession of present moments, culminating in death, and that you’ll probably never get to a point where you feel you have things in perfect working order. And that therefore yo... See more
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Alex Glass added 4mo ago
- "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." — Ernest Hemingway
Alex Glass added 4mo ago
- almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not ... See more
from "2005 Stanford Commencement Address" by JamesClear.com
Alex Glass added 4mo ago