Supritha S
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Supritha S
I don’t have any data to back this up, but I’m convinced meditation makes your phone battery last longer.
David Cain • Mindfulness is the Opposite of Neediness
Intentionality and
“We’re pretty good at allowing our incorrect certainties to slowly fade into the background, without a crisis or reckoning. We gradually move on, now even more certain about the other things we’re certain of.
Resilience can be found by holding onto our certainties just a little less tightly. One way to do that is to remember just how often the old ones fade away.”
Status roles involve whether this action will move someone up or down in the estimation of their peers or competitors.
Seth Godin • Arguments and outcomes
If you step too far outside the bounds of your normal performance, then nearly all of the forces in your life will be screaming to get you back to equilibrium. If you take massive action, then you quickly run into a massive roadblock.
James Clear • The Paradox of Behavior Change
You don’t need to go on retreat, or even meditate at all, to begin to address this problem, although it is almost certainly the most direct way.
David Cain • Where There's Stress, There's a Story
The originators of these and other ideas didn’t begin with status, affiliation or convenience, but that’s what ended up working.
Seth Godin • Arguments and outcomes
I realized my desire for a productive life wasn't actually about productivity at all. My real desire, the one I thought could be manifested through full-speed action, was actually just a desire for personal peace.
Steven Lawson • inc.com
The myth of radical change and overnight success is pervasive in our culture. Experts say things like, “The biggest mistake most people make in life is not setting goals high enough.” Or they tell us, “If you want massive results, then you have to take massive action.”
James Clear • The Paradox of Behavior Change
Essentially, we spend our whole lives navigating a limited patch of emotional terrain, which contains magnificent peaks and well-known pitfalls, yet we don’t bother making use of a map. We have a sense of whether or not we want to be where we are, but we don’t think much about the name of the region, how we got to it, and what we know about it.