Mark Holden
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Mark Holden
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky explains that discipline precedes inspiration:
"Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy."
What looks like a talent gap is often a focus gap. The "all-star" is often an average to above-average performer who spends more time working on what is important and less time on distractions. The talent is staying focused."
James Clear
Many of the best things in life are endless.
Being in a great relationship. Staying fit and healthy. Doing work that fulfills you. Being a good parent, coach, or teacher.
Stop worrying about accomplishing these things and instead focus on building a life where you continually practice them.
The important stuff has no finish line.
James Clear
“We will be judged on how well we loved.”
Toni Morrison at the Hay festival
Extreme brainstorming questions to trigger new, better ideas
Jason Cohen • Extreme brainstorming questions to trigger new, better ideas
Prompts for creative thinking and idea generation
what you do with your life doesn’t matter all that much—and when it comes to how you’re using your finite time, the universe absolutely could not care less.
Tim Ferriss • The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy
Oliver Burkeman
‘Hope is an embrace of the unknown’
‘Hope is an embrace of the unknown’: Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times
Rebecca Solnit
In short, he has not dedicated his life to reaching a pre-defined goal, but he has rather chosen a way of life he KNOWS he will enjoy. The goal is absolutely secondary: it is the functioning toward the goal which is important.
Farnam Street • Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
Hunter S. Thompson
