Brain Food: Interested vs. Committed
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Brain Food: Interested vs. Committed
You exert your will to choose something bigger than yourself at the outset of a commitment, but because it is bigger than yourself, what it eventually asks of you is also bigger than your original choice.
Pete Davis • Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Jobs would often test people, asking them, “how many things have you said no to?” Ive was up to the task of answering, only he didn’t mean it, and Jobs read right through him.
I would have these sacrificial things, because I wanted to be very honest about it. And so I’d say, “Well, I said no to this and no to that.” But he knew that I wasn’t vaguel... See more
Farnam Street • Focus to Win
You commit to doing what you care about with whatever your mind or old history dishes out.
John P. Forsyth • The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
“It's tough to be good at something you're not interested in. It's nearly impossible to be great at something you're not obsessed with.”
From: Brain Food, by Farnam Street, #583, June 30, 2024