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Marcus Aurelius says that the only meaningful use of your time is to find out what you’re meant to do in the world, and then do it.
In order to ____________, I have to ____________. Fill in those blanks as much as possible. Connect the dots between the actions you take and the outcomes you want. And then zoom out. These statements are the rules or expectations that you’re following.
Tripp Lanier • This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle
To put your house in order is to put your life in order and prepare for the next step.
Marie Kondo • Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying
“Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. . . . The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 101.7b–8a
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Like a block of marble, our lives are finite. They start out rough and formless. Each choice we make places a chisel to the stone. Each action irreversibly chips away time. No action is so insignificant that it can’t benefit from our attention.
Ryder Carroll • The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future
This is the road you’ve put yourself on. These are the economics attached to your life. Your value is dictated, diminished, and delimited. Therefore, the job becomes a delimiter on what’s essential: wealth, freedom, and self-growth. And their limitations cannot be subverted.
MJ DeMarco • The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime
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