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On dealing with criticism…You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
James Clear • Masters of Habit: Rituals, Lessons, and Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
I avoid traffic jams, because some part of me knows that they will deliver feelings of frustration. It’s really feelings of frustration I want to avoid, but often think that a big expanse of slowly moving cars is itself a terrible thing.
David Cain • What you want is never a thing
What makes your mind stronger, and more able to control your emotions, is internal discipline and toughness. No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering.
Robert Greenetwitter.comThe words accomplishment and achievement usually signify conspicuous, outwardly-visible gains, often ones that come with status and material rewards. Do an image search for either word and it’s all grad ceremonies, sports medals, boardroom handshakes, and people standing on mountains. But there’s so much more being achieved in the human world.
David Cain • Most Accomplishments Are Invisible
Being fine with periods of solitude, working alone, pushing things forward without others cheering you on...that's a superpower.
The ability to run your own race, despite what the world is doing, initially looks behind - but puts you out front.
Dr. Julie Gurnertwitter.comMindset and
There’s considerable evidence supporting both sides, so researchers set out to study whether generalists and specialists shine in different circumstances
When Generalists Are Better Than Specialists, and Vice Versa
The ease itself we can find much more readily by understanding our wants rather than scrambling to relieve them. We live in a society that’s constantly, cynically, promising that ease and relief through the getting of a particular thing, showing us pictures of it whenever possible, showing us how affordable it is. I constantly forget that it’s the... See more
David Cain • Getting What We Want Isn’t What We Really Want
Recognizing the causes of your bad habits is crucial to overcoming them.
James Clear • How to Break a Bad Habit and Replace It With a Good One
It’s not that moods and mental states don’t have causes. Presumably there are genetic, neurochemical, and situational factors behind every feeling we have. But those hidden mechanisms don’t always produce a knowable, expressible reason for feeling bad.