"The brilliance of the stars would be invisible without the vast darkness of space behind them.
Do not wish away the difficult portions of life. They provide the contrast needed to appreciate the joyful moments."
–@JamesClear
“From this day to the ending of the world, we in it shall be remembered; we few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…”
Tomorrow marks the 10th Anniversary of Extortion 17 — the single, deadliest loss of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
"Vision is the bottleneck of talent.
Most talent is wasted because people do not clearly know what they want. It’s not a lack of effort, but a lack of direction.
There are many capable people in the world, but relatively few that focus on what matters."
–@JamesClear
"The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you cannot do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all…"
–@JamesClear
This is so applicable to students. Surprisingly, many students do not have a clear idea of what needs to be done in their classes to succeed. https://t.co/9rKJkqw9B3
Apparently, some customs agencies are saying they won’t allow shipment of anything called a “Flamethrower”. To solve this, we are renaming it “Not a Flamethrower”.