Scott Sunderland
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Scott Sunderland
Mozart labored for more than ten years until he produced any work that we admire
from Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck
- what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
They drag themselves to class, keep up with their work, and take care of themselves—so that when they feel better, their lives are intact.
from Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck
Are there sports you always assumed you’re bad at? Well, maybe you are, but then maybe you aren’t. It’s not something you can know until you’ve put in a lot of effort. Some of the world’s best athletes didn’t start out being that hot. If you have a passion for a sport, put in the effort and see
from Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck
a “genius with a thousand helpers” model. Instead of building an extraordinary management team like the good-to-great companies, they operated on the fixed-mindset premise that great geniuses do not need great teams.
from Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck
philosopher Lao Tzu wrote, “Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.
from Build the Life You Want by Oprah Winfrey & Arthur C. Brooks
So we might as well live life as if—as the poet Rumi put it—everything is rigged in our favor.16
from Thrive by Arianna Huffington
Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.
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David Foster Wallace,from carry yourself lightly by Nix 🕊