things to ponder
A happy life is not a life without struggle, it’s a life with meaningful struggle.
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Mark Manson
“Whatever pain you can’t get rid of, make it your creative offering.”
How to turn the "pain you can't get rid of" into creativity
Susan Cain
“…modernity upholds growth as a supreme value for whose sake we should make every sacrifice and risk every danger… On the individual level, we are inspired to constantly increase our incomes and our standards of living. Even if you are quite satisfied with your current conditions, you should strive for more.” - Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus
“Communication is about what is received, not what is intended. If there is a gap between what you are saying and what they are hearing, you have to find a new way to say it.”
More fiction has been told in Microsoft Excel than in books.
Shane Parrish • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
“Ideas that are hoarded help no one. Success follows generosity.”
jamesclear.com
“Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.”
— Attributed to Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist
— Attributed to Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist