Isaac Feldman
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Isaac Feldman
“Writing is the antidote to confusion.”
3-2-1: On simplicity, having good ideas, and acting in the face of fear
“People who excel tend to obsess over the details.
People who struggle also tend to obsess over the details.
The difference is what details they focus on. Minutiae vs polish.
Most things don’t matter—but when it does, you want to get the details right.”
People who struggle also tend to obsess over the details.
The difference is what details they focus on. Minutiae vs polish.
Most things don’t matter—but when it does, you want to get the details right.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Obsessing Over Details, How to Elicit Feedback, and Seeking What Is Significant | James Clear
“The Paradox of Freedom:
The way to expand your freedom is to narrow your focus.
Stay focused on saving to achieve financial freedom.
Stay focused on training to achieve physical freedom.
Stay focused on learning to achieve intellectual freedom.”
The way to expand your freedom is to narrow your focus.
Stay focused on saving to achieve financial freedom.
Stay focused on training to achieve physical freedom.
Stay focused on learning to achieve intellectual freedom.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the Cycle of Improvement, Self-Doubt, and Building a Spirit (June 18, 2020) | James Clear
“The costs of your good habits are in the present.
The costs of your bad habits are in the future.”
The costs of your bad habits are in the future.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the costs of habits, major life changes, and what money can't buy
“Mastery requires both impatience and patience.
The impatience to have a bias toward action, to not waste time, and to work with a sense of urgency each day.
The patience to delay gratification, to wait for your actions to accumulate, and to trust the process.”
The impatience to have a bias toward action, to not waste time, and to work with a sense of urgency each day.
The patience to delay gratification, to wait for your actions to accumulate, and to trust the process.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On mastery, learning to let go of trivial arguments, and bias
“The desire to improve does not have to come from a place of self-loathing.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Learning by Doing, a Rule to Live By, and the Seasons of Life | James Clear
“It's better to do less than you hoped than nothing at all. No zero days.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Building Habits That Last and the Link Between Success and Failure | James Clear
A reminder from Atomic Habits:
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.
A small habit—when repeated consistently—grows into something significant.”
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.
A small habit—when repeated consistently—grows into something significant.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Obsessing Over Details, How to Elicit Feedback, and Seeking What Is Significant | James Clear
“Slow and steady often wins because it keeps you motivated.
Take on manageable challenges and you'll get frequent signals of progress. Bite off more than you can chew and progress stalls.
When you make progress, you want to keep going. When you break progress, you want to stop.”
Take on manageable challenges and you'll get frequent signals of progress. Bite off more than you can chew and progress stalls.
When you make progress, you want to keep going. When you break progress, you want to stop.”