Good judgment comes from silence and rest and time to think.

simplicity is about avoiding too much so you can focus on what matters . Spend less money, so you have money to spare. Do fewer things, so you have time for what you need to do. Be silent, so that your words matter. Take your time, so you can be sure to do it right. Set yourself three goals for the day and do them well; don’t set sixteen that you h... See more

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. HENRY FORD

While it’s probably one of the corniest things I’ll ever write in this column, I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you. It’s the product of devouring ideas, images and pieces of culture not ... See more

People who experience flow describe it as “a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems,” and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an “optimal experience.” Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to raci

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