Jason
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Jason
As an operator, doing nothing is never the right strategy.
As an investor, doing nothing is often the right strategy.
Geoff Lewistwitter.com“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,” said the old man, with a certain bitterness. “Maybe that’s why they give up on it so early, too. But that’s the way it is.” - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
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Victories attained by right thought can only be maintained by watchfulness. Many give way when success is assured, and rapidly fall back into failure.
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Reminds me of how we often slow down before we reach the finish line in anticipation of finishing, and in doing so, finish short or make a mistake. “Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop after you’ve finished”
See the world as your self. Love the world as your self. This is a simple reframe—like taking one small step to the side. You only have to love what you already love.
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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The whole world is inside each person, each being, each object. To know any part of the world deeply, intimately, is to know the whole.
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Iwakan is one of my favorite Japanese phrases. It consists of three Chinese characters, 違 ( i , meaning difference, deviation), 和 ( wa , meaning harmony, peace) and 感 ( kan , meaning feeling, sense), that together form a single word that loosely translates as a ‘sense of disharmony’. In daily interactions, I use the term casually when something... See more
Jack Ross • Disharmony as Intelligence - Tetragrammaton
The Rule of One for copywriting:
You have one reader. One big idea. One promise. And one offer.
Source: unknown person who is no longer alive, probably in advertising and direct response copywriting in the 1920’s.
to know the world is the chiefest delight in life.