Isaac Feldman
@isaacfeldman
Isaac Feldman
“Aim to be great in 10 years.
Build health habits today that lead to a great body in 10 years.
Build social habits today that lead to great relationships in 10 years.
Build learning habits today that lead to great knowledge in 10 years.
Long-term thinking is a secret weapon.”
Build health habits today that lead to a great body in 10 years.
Build social habits today that lead to great relationships in 10 years.
Build learning habits today that lead to great knowledge in 10 years.
Long-term thinking is a secret weapon.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On creating meaning, the remarkable odds of your existence, and life instructions
“Life is too short to not be pursuing the best opportunity you know of.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Success and Failure, Kindness and Mortality, and Taking Action (February 6, 2020) | James Clear
“When reading books or listening to podcasts or taking advice, remember that everyone is biased to their personal history.
The world is complex and there is no single path to a success. Look for patterns that are repeated across many successful people, not single stories.”
The world is complex and there is no single path to a success. Look for patterns that are repeated across many successful people, not single stories.”
3-2-1: On simplicity, having good ideas, and acting in the face of fear
Co-authors, Rosamund and Benjamin Zander , on optimism:
“People who describe the glass as half full are not delusional optimists. In fact, they are more based in reality because they are describing a substance that is actually in the glass. They are describing reality as it is. The cynic who describes the glass as half empty is focusing their energy... See more
“People who describe the glass as half full are not delusional optimists. In fact, they are more based in reality because they are describing a substance that is actually in the glass. They are describing reality as it is. The cynic who describes the glass as half empty is focusing their energy... See more
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (December 5, 2019) | James Clear
Comparison is the thief of joy when applied broadly, but the teacher of skills when applied narrowly.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On comparison, consistency, and what’s not going to change
The best — maybe the only? — real, direct measure of “innovation” is change in human behaviour.In fact, it is useful to take this way of thinking as definitional: innovation is the sum of change across the whole system, not a thing which causes a change in how people behave. No small innovation ever caused a large shift in how people spend their ti... See more
Stewart Butterfield • We Don’t Sell Saddles Here
Basketball coach John Wooden , winner of 10 championships, on giving:
“There is a wonderful, almost mystical, law of nature that says three of the things we want most—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained when we give them to others. Give it away to get it back.”
“There is a wonderful, almost mystical, law of nature that says three of the things we want most—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained when we give them to others. Give it away to get it back.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Hate as a Defense Mechanism, Reciprocity, and Consistency | James Clear
“Correct your mistakes before they become your habits.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Correcting Mistakes, Youth, and Focus | James Clear
There are so many people who don’t know what they want. And I think that, in this world, that’s the only thing you have to know — exactly what you want. ... Doing what you were born to do ... That’s the way to be happy.