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- We have a narrow definition of work as something that can be paid for and that typically exists in the form of a job. The real work is to find the things worth committing to. Then the only “job” is to design your life to continue to do those things.
from Tweet by Paul Millerd
It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.
from The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel by David Foster Wallace
- “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second”
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William Jamesfrom A quote by William James
- 12. Skinner's Law: If procrastinating, 2 ways to solve it:
Option 1 - Make the pain of inaction > Pain of action
Option 2 - Make the pleasure of action > Pleasure of inactionfrom Tweet by George Mack
- “Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.”
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C.Neil Straitfrom A quote by C.Neil Strait
- Life is lived in the present moment. Don’t let the pursuit of more stop you from enjoying what you already have - enough.
Ali Abdal
- ‘The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.’ by Karen Blixen, writing as Isak Dinesen. Not a day goes by when this phrase by Denmark’s foremost writer doesn’t feel true to me. I’ve had it hung on my wall for over a decade.
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To neglect any one of the three marriages is to impoverish them all, because they are not actually separate commitments but different expressions of the way each individual belongs to the world.
from The Three Marriages by David Whyte
