Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, on preparation and worry: “The time to worry is three months before a flight. Decide then whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. To worry is to add another hazard.” Source: Last Flight
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“Whether or not something is deemed a “failure” is dependent on when performance is measured. You’re not failing. You’re just in the middle of succeeding.” – James Clear
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Whenever you see an overnight success, your eyes deceive you. What you are witnessing is the hour of opportunity unleashing the potential energy of previous choices. It was not one decision, but the accumulated power of all that came before. The fuse was lit on a loaded cannon. James Clear “Luck is what happens when […]
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Most people need consistency more than they need intensity. Intensity: -run a marathon -write a book in 30 days -silent meditation retreat Consistency: -don’t miss a workout for 2 years -write every week -daily silence Intensity makes a good story. Consistency makes progress. – James Clear
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3 IDEAS FROM ME James Clear I. To improve, compare little things. -marketing strategies -exercise technique -writing tactics To be miserable, compare big things. -career path -marriage -net worth Comparison is the thief of joy when applied broadly, but the teacher of skills when applied narrowly.
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Best most useful advice I EVER got was from Jim Watson (DNA discoverer) over tea at his NYC apartment. 3 words, 2 meanings. AVOID BORING PEOPLE. Josh Wolfe @wolfejosh I’m not so sure about this. In the 2016 election we had many competent, brilliant, successful candidates, some of whom were boring. We chose the least […]
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Quitting is sometimes the best thing. It opens us up to new paths. https://hbr.org/2018/09/when-to-stick-with-something-and-when-to-quit A final benefit of perseverance is that we don’t know when our luck will turn. A recent study of the careers of nearly 29,000 artists, filmmakers, and scientists found that most of them had a hot streak in their career when […]
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Eugene Peterson: Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence—religious meaning, God meaning—apart from God as revealed in the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy of alcohol and drugs, through the ecstasy of recreational sex, though the ecstasy of crowds. {“sex, drugs and rock-n-roll?”?} Church leaders frequently warn against the drugs and the sex, but, at […]
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“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” Warren Buffett quotes “Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.” Buffett once said that “Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a […]
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