If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn’t thinking
If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn’t thinking - General George S. Patton
You never know what worse luck your bad luck saved you from
You never know what worse luck your bad luck saved you from. Cormac McCarthy
Half your problems are just your mind making minor things seem like major things
Half your problems are just your mind making minor things seem like major things.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain
If you’re stuck in a negotiation, figure out the 1 thing that is truly non-negotiable for you and then compromise on everything else
"If you're stuck in a negotiation, figure out the 1 thing that is truly non-negotiable for you and then compromise on everything else." James Clear
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Source: The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman: A Visionary for Our Time
The more an idea is tied to your identity, the more you will ignore evidence it is false
The more an idea is tied to your identity, the more you will ignore evidence it is false. To continue to grow and learn, you must be willing to update, expand, and edit your identity.
Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will take 4 to sharpen the ax
"Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will take 4 to sharpen the ax." Abe Lincoln
Create your life rather than live it
Create your life rather than live it. James Clear
It’s not about what someone can do for you, it’s who and what the two of you become in each other’s presence
Ronald Sharp on how friendship or any great relationship transforms us.