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Oftentimes people get the advice that you have to rely on discipline. ... one of the things that I find is that discipline requires a lot of push, right? “I’m very disciplined about my workout. I’m really going to push it.” Motivation is a pull. It is something that is internal that fuels you, that drives you. A number of the people that I tend to... See more
Brain Food: Discipline vs. Motivation
https://newmeans.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-total-destruction-of-trust?r=1tdu9h&utm_medium=ios
J. P. Hillsubstack.comBy being curious and kind to ourselves, we can find ways to get work done without waging war with ourselves in the process. This isn't about lowering our standards – it's about raising our self compassion.
When we stop beating ourselves up for not being "disciplined enough," we can reroute that wasted energy to make progress, flexibly and... See more
When we stop beating ourselves up for not being "disciplined enough," we can reroute that wasted energy to make progress, flexibly and... See more
Choosing Devotion Over Discipline
How you spend your days is how you spend your life". Its easy to tell ourselves that its just a few moments on our phone, or that we will make changes next week, next month, next year.
Brain Rot and The Fight To Feel Sharp Again
Everything worth having lives on the other side of effort.
Everything good requires tending. Everything beautiful demands maintenance.
The people who understand this most deeply are often the happiest, because they've made peace with the beautiful burden of nurturing. They know that the dishes exist because they've been eating good meals all week.... See more
Everything good requires tending. Everything beautiful demands maintenance.
The people who understand this most deeply are often the happiest, because they've made peace with the beautiful burden of nurturing. They know that the dishes exist because they've been eating good meals all week.... See more
Cynicism is a lack of faith in people; skepticism is a lack of faith in our assumptions. Cynics imagine humanity is awful; skeptics gather information about who they can trust. They hold on to beliefs lightly and learn quickly.
Jamil Zaki • Instead of Being Cynical, Try Becoming Skeptical - by Jamil Zaki - Behavioral Scientist
21 best ideas in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance (via justin murphy)
Most people do not trust their own beliefs. The essence of genius is simply to trust yourself—to infer that whatever seems most true in your heart is most true in reality—and for everybody else, too, despite whatever they may claim.
There is hardly anything more painful
Piera Luisa Gelardi
The Weird, Whimsical Things I Do in a Regular Day
I love how books get thicker after we read them.
As if somewhere between the pages, we left little pieces of ourselves.
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