Eli
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Eli
People pay to see others believe in themselves.
“I’M REALLY SCARED WHEN I KILL IN MY DREAMS” (FROM A LYRIC BY GLENN BRANCA)
Die With Zero
Bill Perkins
Unfortunately, in real life you rarely get an exact date for when you will no longer be able to do something—these things just seem to fade away. And until they’re gone...
Bill Perkins
Unfortunately, in real life you rarely get an exact date for when you will no longer be able to do something—these things just seem to fade away. And until they’re gone...
Nico Walker • Daily Review | Readwise
lifestyle and
The Focusing Question collapses all possible questions into one: “What’s the ONE Thing I can do / such that by doing it / everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”
Gary Keller • The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results: Achieve your goals with one of the world's bestselling success books
Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן)
Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end
Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end
Steph Smith • Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate
How I feel while watching a great movie or reading a page-turning book
Growing up, I thought making $100,000 a year made someone rich. When I made that amount for the first time at 27, I felt like I had more than I could ever need. Yet I opted into an identity that didn’t accept such complacency. Everyone around me was always moving forward towards the next achievement.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
cannot find yourself by going into the past. You find yourself by coming into the present.
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
One morning I heard someone, whom I knew to be brave and dignified, cry like a child because he finally had to go to the snowy marching grounds in his bare feet, as his shoes were too shrunken for him to wear. In those ghastly minutes, I found a little bit of comfort; a small piece of bread which I drew out of my pocket and munched with absorbed
... See moreViktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
Can you engineer serendipity?
In the “surface area of luck” theory, your chance of being lucky equals the actions you take towards your passion multiplied by the people you tell.
Luck =
(Passionate Doing) x (Effective Telling)
h/t @VirenOswall... See more