Tom Schmidt

Kahneman cooked when he said: The instagram generation experiences the present moment as an anticipated memory

There's a difference between feeling tired and feeling empty. One probably needs sleep. The other may need purpose.

Are you low on rest or low on meaning?

If you want to achieve more, there is some relationship that can unlock better results. If you want to make a meaningful contribution, helping others is a great way to do it. If you simply want to be a little happier, life is often more fun when shared with someone.

Whatever you're trying to accomplish, relationships are probably the key to getting... See more

Most of the time, “What should I do with my life?” is a terrible question. “What should I do with this tennis serve?” “What should I do with this line at Starbucks?” “What should I do with this traffic jam?” “How should I respond to the anger I feel welling up in my chest?” These are better questions. Excellence is the next five minutes, improvemen

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Life is full of suffering. It’s unevenly distributed in tragic ways — I would never dispute that. But even the best and luckiest and most privileged life has an unfortunate share of suffering in it. And there are choices to be made: How much do we focus on it? How much do we dwell on it? How much do we speak of it? How do we speak of it? And how mu... See more

June 17, 2025 | Read Online 5 Tweet Tuesday Out of 500M daily tweets, only 5 deserve your attention. Here’s this week’s starting lineup: #1 Wealth Director @wealth_director Before you play the game, study the winners. If you don’t want their life, don’t play their game. 5:00 PM • Jun 14, 2025 6.95K Likes 1.34K Retweets 83 Replies I quit poker becau... See more

When Life Is Too Easy, We Start Complaining About Tiny Things: “We simply broaden our definition of what a problem is or what a discomfort is, and so we end up with the exact same number of problems or discomforts, but they’ve just become progressively more hollow over time.” - Michael Easter