If you are nervous about making the jump or simply putting it off out of fear of the unknown, here is your antidote. Write down your answers to these questions, and keep in mind that thinking a lot wi...
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. –Marcus Aurelius
If I want a better-than-average career, I can’t simply ‘go with the flow’ and get it. Most people do just that: they wish for an outcome but make no intention-driven actions toward that outcome. If th...
Herbs? Herbs are from the leaves and stems of plants. Spices, on the other hand, are from the root, bark, and seeds.
FriXion by Pilot in blue. It writes so smoothly, and being able to erase it gives me a sense of power and delight. I often use the pen with a smart notebook (like the Rocketbook Everlast smart noteboo...
Follow your intellectual curiosity over whatever is hot right now. If your curiosity ever leads you to a place where society eventually wants to go, you’ll get paid extremely well.
Follow Your Passion Is Terrible Advice I think it misconstrues the nature of finding a satisfying career and satisfying job, where the biggest predictor of job satisfaction is mentally engaging work....
Einstein said, If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.
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Cuando oigo historias de éxito y fracaso busco las pequeñas cosas que marcaron una gran diferencia.
Cosmología gozosa (Impressions, 1979), de Alan. W. Watts.
Being busy is not the same as being productive.
Amazon, Netflix, etc., repararon en que, en total, las ventas de todos los productos minoritarios igualaban, y en algunos casos excedían, las ventas de los contados productos más vendidos.
Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used a...
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take or...
#3—When in doubt, starve it of oxygen.
I think you should try to slay dragons. I don’t care how big the opponent is. We read about and admire the people who did things that were basically considered to be impossible. That’s what makes the...
As I detailed in my TED Talk, I think we all have two main characters in our heads: a rational decision-maker (the adult in your head) and an instant gratification monkey (the child in your head who d...
After years of repetitive work, you will often need to dig hard to find your passions, redefine your dreams, and revive hobbies that you let atrophy to near extinction. The goal is not to simply elimi...