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[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

The need for certainty is the greatest disease the mind faces.

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

I became a good writer by reading a lot.

Then writing a lot.

And THEN studying the craft.

The order is important. Consume, act, then study.

Without the first two you have no framework to understand what you're learning.

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

Turn off the news.

Stop being "informed"

Start thinking.

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

I'm a big fan of productive procrastination.

Need a break from writing?

- Take a walk
- Do the dishes
- Read a book

Do something in the real world that's useful and you'll come back refreshed.

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

I've outlasted everyone that started at the same time as me.

I'll outlast the people who started after me as well.

Because I never did this "for the audience" or "for the money."

I did it because I love writing, and that will never change.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“A good reading strategy is to be willing to try any book that looks even slightly interesting but be ruthless about quitting books that aren't working for you, even after a page or two.

Wide funnel, tight filter.”

— Morgan Housel

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

I don't care what they say, the correct response to privilege is gratitude, not guilt.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

It's funny how so many people who can do anything end up doing nothing because they can't make up their mind about where to commit, and they just end up wandering, getting some good ideas here and there, but they never execute, and the years simply pass, and nothing happens.

[James Carran @getpaidwrite]

Writing is never a "sure thing".

Your post might fail.
Your book might fail.
Your email might fail.

But if you keep publishing, you eventually win.

Writing is always a sure thing in the long run.

[Corporate Machiavelli @Mach_Tactics]

Law 41 Addendum:

Nobody has ever seized power by listening to their parent's advice.

[anu @anuatluru]

the answer to other people’s problems can seem so clear to you because you’re not burdened by their past or future, you’re firmly rooted in their present (something that’s very hard to do when facing your own problems)

[Bookism @1Bookism]

Do you know about the "Eisenhower box"?

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Your mind is the starting point of all war and all strategy. A mind that is easily overwhelmed by emotion, that is rooted in the past instead of the present, that cannot see the world with clarity and urgency, will create strategies that will always miss the mark.

[Carl Jung Archive @QuoteJung]

Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, but by integration of the contraries.

[33 Strategies of War @33StrategiesBot]

In a world in which many people are indecisive and overly cautious, the use of speed will bring you untold power.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

During difficult times, ask yourself:

“What do I have to do to make this one of the best things that has ever happened to me?"

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer:

“He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”

— Epictetus

[Philosophy On Ice @PhilosophyOI]

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
Edgar Allan Poe

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Your best teacher is your last mistake.