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Individually we have so little control of what occurs in our lives. The weather, the news, the actions of others, it's all out of our control. That lack of control is hard to accept for a species that has flourished because of its ability to control. We learnt
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I haven't written in 10 days now. It's my longest no-writing streak since I started 200 words a day. But now it's time to get started again. The past 10 days have been hectic. The past month really. But every day, usually 20 minutes
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I have a deep fear of losing momentum when I've found some. It feels amazing when your efforts are paying off, you can see the rewards, and it all feels like it's been worth it. No matter what you're doing you still would like
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A lot of time our opinions on things are formed before we ever experience them. It applies to new food, movies, and even people. The scraps of information we've gathered before experiencing something tend to shape our first impressions. Your experience with a new video game can start
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After reading Sam Altman's post How To Be Successful [http://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful] today this section stood out to me. > The most successful people I know are primarily internally driven; they do what they do to impress themselves and because they feel compelled to make something
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It's a privilege to be able to forgo money for less tangible things. Experience, passion, or duty. Not everyone has that luxury. Money is tempting even when you don't need it. It's no surprise that most of the wealthy seek to get wealthier. In
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I recently finished Auston Kleon's Show Your Work and this quote he used stuck with me. > "Compulsive avoidance of embarrassment is a form of suicide." - Colin Marshall It can feel like embarrassment is the worst pain one could bear. You wish you could cease
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No celebrity death has ever affected me the way Mac Miller's did last September. I was in shock, I cried, I reminisced. I was surprised at how hurt I felt. I wasn't fully aware of how deep the connection created through music and art can run.
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In our journey to get better every day, it's easy to get lulled into a false sense of complacency. You can feel like you've established one new habit and now it's time to move onto another. Truly forming a habit takes continued effort and
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Becoming good at something can seem overwhelming, especially when you're starting at zero. The tutorials for dummies don't make much sense and there's a whole lot of new terms and skills to learn. You're struggling to get the vision in your head
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The word 'work' comes with a lot of baggage. It instantly conjures the image of someone physically or mentally toiling at some task until it's thankfully over. This association comes from the most common form of work, a job that provides money for yourself and your
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In Robert Greene's Mastery, he talks about strategies to finding your Life's Task. One of the strategies focuses on finding a unique niche to occupy. There are two paths to finding your niche, the second path he calls the connecting-widening path caught my attention. To follow