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“The child says: ‘When I am a big boy.’ But what is that? The big boy says, ‘When I grow up.’ And then, grown up, he says: ‘When I get married.’ But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to ‘When I’m able to retire.’ And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it;
... See moreDale Carnegie • How to stop worrying & start living
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.
Paul Millerd • Tweet
Who becomes a good sailor without knowledge of storms?
Martin Shaw • Navigating the Mysteries
He’d once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way.
Don DeLillo • White Noise
To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire. You have to be able to say, at the end, wow, that's pretty cool.
paulgraham.com • How to Do What You Love
Most people waste four to five hours on a given day, and if you can learn to identify and utilize it, you’ll be on your way toward increased productivity.
David Goggins • Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
gradually discovered that ninety-nine percent of the things I worried about never happened.
Dale Carnegie • How to stop worrying & start living
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
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi