Niall Marshall

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“The secret is comprised in three words — Work, Finish, Publish.”
— Michael Faraday, one of history’s most influential scientists, offering advice to the young William Crookes, who had asked him the secret of his success as a scientific investigator

“It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.”
— Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

Tweek Calendar — Minimal To Do list and Weekly Task Planner App

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“Get curious, not furious.”

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
— John Wooden

‘We learn more from our mistakes than our successes.’

“I wasn’t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind. I always focused on the fact that I had to try something to get it, and once I got it, I’d have another tool in my arsenal. If the price was a lot of work and a few missed shots, I was OK with that.

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Brain Food: Letting Go

I just had to do a single thing each day, no matter how small. If it was a writing project, I could write one sentence, I could work on my draft for one minute, I could revise one paragraph. As long as I did something rather than nothing , I was making progress.

Mason Currey • Worm School, week one

“Your input determines your outlook. Your outlook determines your output, and your output determines your future.”—Zig Ziglar

“When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes
rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. So
create.”

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