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- First, become able to feel conviction even in the face of high uncertainty. Second, learn how to weigh your options so hard that by the time you've picked the best available action, no part of you has an urge to go back into "deliberation mode" until you encounter new evidence or ideas that would have changed the result of your deliberation. Third,... See more
from Dive in by Nate Soares
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.
Drake
Jack White with a most nuanced take on inspiration and work (and life): "Inspiration and work ethic, they ride right next to each other"- To really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating I... See more
from Trial and error and error and error. by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)
cultivating a kind of motion that can coexist with stillness.
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
... See morefrom Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
- May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears
- If you don't *feel* like writing, remember: mood & attitude are two different things. Mood is the emotional weather we find ourselves caught in. Attitude is our perspective, a compass, a little lighthouse with a big beam. Mood isn't fixable. Attitude, however, is flexible.