Mickey Patel
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Mickey Patel
I used to be a parrot, echoing other people's ideas, opinions, and beliefs, because I wasn’t sure of my own. I thought that by ‘borrowing’ and mimicking, I’d be more likeable, it’d be easier to seem cool, clever, or to belong. Looking back now, it gives me the ick—the amount of shit I nodded along to, gross. I think I was scared of looking stupid,... See more
Zoe Scaman • Forty Years, Forty Lessons
“Be satisfied with even the smallest progress," Marcus Aurelius said.
We're never going to be perfect—there is no such thing. We’re human. So instead, we should aim for progress, even the smallest amount.
Daily Stoicx.comI swung to the opposite end of the spectrum of doing the bare minimum that I could to stay alive, not planning my weeks, not planning for the future. I stopped measuring myself against the ruler of productivity. I let go of the idea of productivity and I could feel my entire body exhale a sigh of relief.
kening zhu • Transcendence of a Productivity Addict
Saving Yourself Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
I love this platitude lol
I write so I don't sound like an idiot when I speak." —Charlie Bleecker
julian.com • The Writing Well Handbook
quote bucket and the art of writing
Writing quote
We are highly judgmental survival-and-replication machines. We constantly walk around thinking, “I need this,” or “I need that,” trapped in the web of desires. Happiness is the state when nothing is missing. When nothing is missing, your mind shuts down and stops running into the past or future to regret something or to plan something. In that
... See moreTim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
read this when the mind is loud
Definition of happiness
Anything can give one anything for a fleeting moment. Sitting in meditation, or even going for a walk can give one peace. But it does not last. That is the point.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Do we want things to be ever lasting or do we want things in the moment only and not forvever?