Reflecting on my own life experience, I think reducing one's cowardice by half creates far more utility than tripling or quadrupling one's analytical intelligence
don't give up just because you thought it would be easier
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books (Dostoevsky and Dickens) that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who ever had been alive. Only if we face these open wounds in ourselves... See more
Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create.
Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
A letter from author Anne Lamott on the value of reading:
“If you love to read, or learn to love reading, you will have an amazing life. Period. Life will always have hardships, pressure, and incredibly annoying people, but books will make it all worthwhile. In books, you will find your North Star, and you will find you, which is why you are here.