Reminders for myself

Worrying is a cheap replacement for caring. Complaining is a cheap replacement for fixing. Outrage is a cheap replacement for supporting.

It’s easy to tear down. It’s much harder to build up.

THIS...by Kazuo Ishiguro: https://t.co/tlDDKxOVaY

‘Discipline is faith in action.’ When in need of a fair dose of grit, in whatever life’s domain, but particularly in the creativity terrain, I return to these words for both consolation and oxygenation.

“Don’t talk, unless you can improve upon the silence.”

– Jorge Luis Borges

“Perfection is impossible. In the 1526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. Now, I have a question for you.

What percentage of points do you think I won in those matches? Only 54%.

In other words, even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on ... See more

“Never outsource what you enjoy.”

“The quality of a decision increases directly proportional to the degree to which the person is responsible.

If I tell you to do something, you're accountable but not responsible. Following a process makes you accountable, not responsible. Using judgment to opt out of the process makes you responsible. Completing assigned homework makes you accounta... See more

I’m drawn to the idea of an art of living much more so than to the compulsive search for life hacks, regimens of self-improvement, or self-optimization schemes. These too often feel like a doubling down on the insistence that we can always do more if only we apply the right technique. They also suggest that the path to happiness involves the discov... See more