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"A surrogate activity is an activity that is directed toward an artificial goal that the individual pursues for the sake of the “fulfillment” that he gets from pursuing the goal, not because he needs to attain the goal itself. For instance, there is no practical motive for building enormous muscles, hitting a little ball into a hole or acquiring a... See more
goodreads.com • Search Results for "Mark Twain"
Incentives are the strongest force in the world. They explain why good people do awful things, why smart people do stupid things, and why ordinary people do amazing things. Nearly everyone underestimates how much their own beliefs and actions are influenced by their incentives, many of which are designed to fulfill someone else’s goals.
Morgan Housel • Big Beliefs
Many people are surprised to find out that in the United States, one of the strongest “wage‑based societies” in the world, only about 40% of adult Americans, or 106 million people, have jobs where they work more than 35 hours per week.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
Joseph Campbell Quotes (Author of The Power of Myth)
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”
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Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell
A quote by Joseph Campbell
We’re good at learning by tinkering—which is fortunate, because we’re terrible at getting things right the first time.
Bent Flyvbjerg • How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
In life, there is no gift as overlooked or inevitable as failure. I’ve had quite a few and have learned to relish them,
David Goggins • Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Scenius, which I think of as the power of community in creativity. None of us are successful on our own: who you surround yourself with matters, both in how they lift you and how you lift them.
“It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.” — Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way