Jacob Pettit
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Jacob Pettit
Gurwinder on Substack
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The discipline of taking notes can evolve into taking notice —which is a much higher level activity.
Ted Gioia • How I Take Notes
“We are the generators of the Internet, we are generators of the media. What we give our time, attention, and money to is what thrives, and what doesn’t get it is what dies.” -Ezra Klein
Overchoice and How to Avoid it
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Most of our everyday choices are between similar things; what movie to watch, what brand of toothpaste to buy. Fredkin’s paradox states that the more similar two choices seem, the less the decision should matter, yet the harder it is to choose between them. As a result, we often spend the most time on the decisions that matter least.
You cannot process thoughts or develop perspective while endlessly consuming content, so periodically disconnect from the web, dwell some days in darkness, and then you’ll awaken new insights, for it is only when night obscures the world that it reveals the galaxy. -Gurwinder
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”-Marcus Aurelius
“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” - Marcus Aurelius