The best writing strategy is to constantly remind yourself how impatient readers are.
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If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
- From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
"Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it."
— Edmund Hillary
"The Fates guide the person
who accepts them and hinder
the person who resists them."
- Cleanthes
"believing in yourself and trusting
that you are on the right path.
not being in doubt by following
the myriad of footpaths of
those wandering in every direction."
- Seneca
For reading more -
1. A great starting point is to read 25 pages a day.
2. Twenty-five pages a day is almost 10,000 pages a year.
3. That's nearly 30+ books with ~ 300 pages.
- From FS Blog (fs.blog/twenty-five-pa)
"We have our field and we've got to plough it and that's it."
- Iron Maiden
"The how-to-do-it always comes to the person who believes he can do it."
"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."
-James Clear
“Never forget that your unconscious is smarter than you, faster than you, and more powerful than you. It may even control you. You will never know all of its secrets.”
— Cordelia Fine in "A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives"
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You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.
- From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
— Douglas Adams
Truth in comedy is what makes it funny.
- Rick Rubin (From Huberman lab podcast episode)
Actions express priorities.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
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You can engineer “green lights” in your life, by taking thoughtful decision and making those decisions a habit.
- Inspired from Matthew McConaughey's book Green Light
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“Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.”
- Rhonda Byrne, Author, The Secret
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to work from home (WFH), and while this has its advantages, it has also led to an increase in stress levels. Stress can manifest in many ways, including anxiety, insomnia, and burnout.
Here are some tips for o…
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“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”
- Jim Rohn
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“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.”
– Sherlock Holmes
"The more time you spend complaining about what you deserve, the less time you have to focus on what you can create. Focus on what you can control."
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“People say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
- Zig Ziglar
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Hypothermia can preserve a person's life, contrary to popular belief.
If a person goes into hypothermia, it can preserve their body and prevent them from dying.
- “Stuff You Should Know” Podcast episode (share.snipd.com/snip/d5b9636c-)
How to Make Art That People Will Like
1min highlight from the podcast which I created with
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
- Plutarch
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”
– Steve Jobs
“No matter how busy you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
– Confucius
Check out my latest article:
OpenAI's GPT-3 and the Future of Jobs: Will Automation Lead to Widespread Unemployment?
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As we do audit our businesses and work, we should also audit our life at defined frequencies.
To guide and keep ourselves on the right path and improve the level of integrity we have towards our own life.
It takes years of hardwork to build up to the moment when it may look like a sudden success.
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Success is based off of your willingness to work your ass off no matter what obstacles are in your way.
- David Goggins
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The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
- Steven Pressfield (The War of Art)
Scarcity makes being at the top worth something.
- From The Dip by Seth Godin
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Remote work requires a different mindset. You need to be more self-reliant, pro-active, and emotionally centered.
- Darius Foroux (From the book - Highly Productive Remote Work)
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Weekly newsletter is here!
This week's newsletter contains a productivity desk setup video I loved, a weekly review process which I found useful, a beautiful article and more.
Enjoy the post! :)
Good fiction always begins with story and progresses to theme; it almost never begins with theme and progresses to story.
- Stephen King (From the book - On Writing)
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“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become”
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"It is important for a leader to be the last to speak."
- Nelson Mandela's father (a tribal chief)
Slow down.
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