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23. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

Variance Equals Strength

This is not to say that all time debts are bad. Perhaps you enjoy serving on your school committee or volunteering with a local organization. However, when you make these commitments, you are also creating a time debt that you will have to pay at some point. Sometimes the debts we commit to are worth sacrificing for, many times they are not.

The word priority didn't always mean what it does today.In his best-selling book, Essentialism (audiobook), Greg McKeown explains the surprising history of the word and how its meaning has shifted over time.“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for... See more

It’s easy to say something should do everything well because saying something is easy doesn’t involve any work, or require any tradeoffs. But building products is all about tradeoffs. When there are no tradeoffs in the conversation you’re having, you know you aren’t building, you’re just talking. But it was time to build.

"Most people spend it getting dressed, getting ready, and rushing out the door. What if that time was spent making yourself a better person? What if you woke up an hour *before* you needed to each day and worked on yourself? How much better would you be at work, in your relationships, and as a person?"