things to ponder
Everyone arrives at knowledge of the world from a personal point of view and is not the poorer for it. Each person understands life on the basis of small personal events. Firsthand experience is what matters. It is by being grounded in what we know and what we have experienced that we can move out into greater complexities.
Teju Cole • Tremor: A Novel
Ask for feedback on your attempts, not advice on your ideas.
All the grit, persistence, and motivation in the world won’t do you any good if you’re working on the wrong thing. In fact, it will do the opposite.
Choosing what to pursue is more important than choosing how to pursue it. Make sure you’re facing the right direction before you start running.
Choosing what to pursue is more important than choosing how to pursue it. Make sure you’re facing the right direction before you start running.
Mark Manson • Are You Ruining Your Life? | Your Next Breakthrough
"My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man’s mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you’re sorry and get on with it. Don’t haul stuff around with you."
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... See more“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
-Joseph Campbell
Poet and novelist Sylvia Plath reminds us that choosing a path means ignoring the rest, but not choosing means squandering them all:
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and child... See more
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and child... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On being yourself, how to say no, and using boredom as a filter
“Energy management beats time management.”
― Katherine Morgan Schafler
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