Mickey Patel
@mickeypatel
Mickey Patel
@mickeypatel
I noticed this after spotting my favorite bloggers—including Paul Graham, Angela Jiang, and Derek Sivers—post erratically whereas the writers I often regret reading publish as much as they can.)
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Comparing up versus comparing down: Your happiness depends on where you’re focusing. The metaphor is easy to understand, but hard to remember in regular life. If you catch yourself burning with envy or resentment, think like the bronze medalist, not the silver. Change your focus. Instead of comparing up to the next-higher situation, compare down to
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Compare down vs up
Decisions are easy, choices are hard.
A good decision is our best analysis of the facts, options and risks. If it's too close to call, flip a coin, because it's too close to call.
On the other hand, a choice involves understanding our priorities, evaluating our preference for risk and sometimes, changing our minds. None of these are easy.
If we face a
... See morepart of my joy in learning is that it puts me in a position to teach; nothing, however outstanding and however helpful, will ever give me any pleasure if the knowledge is to be for my benefit alone.
This is how I feel when i really believe in an idea or something meaningful. I want to share it
When you’re gone, your work shows who you were. Not your intentions. Not what you took in. Only what you put out.
Would my work help Nirvaan? That's the filter
Whenever you can center a story around people, do it. People Magazine is the world’s most popular magazine for a reason: people want to hear about people
Centre stories around people. Writing tip
Man feels inferior because he lives from the standpoint of his personality.
#epiphany