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Don’t divide your attention: focusing on one thing yields increasing returns for each unit of effort.
At a micro level, an extra hour of focus on the current project has a much higher return than an hour on something new, or worse, 5 minutes each on 12 new things. Before you ever do something new, you should understand the opportunity cost vs.... See more
At a micro level, an extra hour of focus on the current project has a much higher return than an hour on something new, or worse, 5 minutes each on 12 new things. Before you ever do something new, you should understand the opportunity cost vs.... See more
Joe Lonsdale • Lessons from Peter Thiel
Write on the internet.
Find or create a
third place.
Pick up the phone.
Join niche interest groups.
Live, don't lurk.
Embrace candid culture.
Put people you care about on the calendar.
Don't play near black holes.
Meet people at farmers markets.
Learn to communicate.
Make wobbly things. Subscribe to local events calendars.
Learn to win friends.
Learn to feel.
Em... See more
Find or create a
third place.
Pick up the phone.
Join niche interest groups.
Live, don't lurk.
Embrace candid culture.
Put people you care about on the calendar.
Don't play near black holes.
Meet people at farmers markets.
Learn to communicate.
Make wobbly things. Subscribe to local events calendars.
Learn to win friends.
Learn to feel.
Em... See more
The Cheap Web
If you want to understand someone’s identity, ask: Where do you want to belong?
Jessica Hagy • Ten Infrequently Asked Questions
Hunter Walk recommends that folks avoid “snacking” when they prioritize work. If you’re in a well-run organization, at some point you’re going to run out of things that are both high-impact and easy. This leaves you with a choice between shifting right to hard and high-impact or shifting down to easy and low-impact. The later choice–easy and... See more
lethain.com • Work on What Matters.
Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there’s always something we could be grateful for. — Barry Neil Kaufman
Caren Albers • Happiness Junkie: A 12 Step Program to Find Inner Peace and Change Your Life
gradually discovered that ninety-nine percent of the things I worried about never happened.
Dale Carnegie • How to stop worrying & start living
Start with what you want to achieve, instead of limiting yourself to what’s realistic or sustainable.
Will Guidara • Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
"That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane."
— Erich Fromm (The Sane Society)
— Erich Fromm (The Sane Society)