We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don’t feel that anymore. —OPRAH WINFREY, actress and talk-show host, The Oprah Winfrey Show
Vagabundear consiste en tomar el control de las circunstancias que te rodean, en lugar de esperar de forma pasiva a que ellas decidan tu suerte.
Vagabonding involves taking an extended time-out from your normal life—6 weeks, 4 months, 2 years—to travel the world on your own terms. But
Una barrita de proteínas Clif Builder de veinte gramos con sabor a chocolate y mantequilla de cacahuete.
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You’ll avoid the tough decisions, and you’ll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted.—Colin Powell
Toma la decisión de hacer cada día una cosa que te dé miedo.
To fix someone’s problem, you very often just need to empathically listen to them. Even
To quote the industrial statistician George Box: Every model is wrong, but some are useful.
To prevent work for work’s sake, and to do the minimum necessary for maximum effect (minimum effective load).
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time.
This is the best thing you’re ever going to learn in SEAL training.’ We were excited to learn what it was, and he told us that when you’re a leader, people are going to mimic your behavior, at a minim...
These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us. –Seneca Roman Stoic philosopher, famed playwright
There is a big difference between intelligence and wisdom. Many are fooled into thinking they are the same thing, but they are not. I have seen intelligent serial killers, but I’ve never seen a wise o...
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)
There are many organizations that fret over small, direct expenses, yet have no misgivings about keeping superfluous staff tied up in a conference room for hours.
The superheroes you have in your mind (idols, icons, elite athletes, billionaires, etc.) are nearly all walking flaws who’ve maximized one or two strengths. Humans are imperfect creatures. You don’t s...
The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet. —WILLIAM GIBSON, author of Neuromancer; coined term cyberspace in 1984
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner (so helpful for couples in that I’m screaming and he’s/she’s shutting down cycle) and her new book, Why Won’t You Apologize?
The Art of Simple Food by Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters lined
That Motel Weekend by James Donner, The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.