free faler

I am ... just another database record in the cloud and these are my notes to myself.

[free faler @freefaler]

Neither good nor bad happens, do what is necessary and learn from the result.

[Naval @naval]

If your success or failure is judged by other people, rather than by nature or free markets, you’re playing a game, albeit a reified and social one.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

High-agency is mostly a thousand micro-decisions to treat yourself as a cause in the world rather than an effect of it.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

The scariest part of screen time is how invisible the transaction feels while your future is being liquidated.

[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

Musonius Rufus was exiled at least 3 times. His response?

- “Exile strengthens those unhealthy because of soft living and luxury.”
- “If I have been deprived of my country, I have not been deprived of my ability to endure exile."
- “Do not be irked by difficult circumstances…”

[free faler @freefaler]

“Until death, all defeat is psychological”
by Jocko Willink

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

You do not need a new identity before you act; repeated action is how the identity gets installed.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

Discipline reveals limits. So when you are inconsistent, you can always preserve the fantasy that your true ability is higher.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

Most people are not choosing entertainment over ambition but anesthesia over the discomfort of beginning.

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

You don’t need to be a genius if you can work hard, stay curious, take feedback, and not disappear when things get boring.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

The best career advice is still brutally simple: become useful in a way that is hard to fake.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

You do not need a heroic mood to get moving, you just need enough honesty to admit that delay makes change seem more daunting than it is.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

You do not become resilient by admiring resilience; you become resilient by doing the rep after the mood is gone.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

If you keep needing a fresh burst of motivation, your process is feeding on spark instead of structure.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major life hack: Don't complain, ever. Nobody likes a complainer. They drain the energy of everyone around them. It's exhausting spending time around someone who constantly complains about things outside their control. If it’s within your control, go do something about it. If it’s not, you’re just wasting energy thinking about it. Complaining gives too much power to the thing. Take back that power.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

The highest-agency people view setbacks as feedback, not fate.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

Freedom is not having no commitments. Freedom is choosing your commitments so deliberately that they build and protect the life you want.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering.

In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the circumstances. Let your habits change shape to meet the demands of the day.

Adaptability is the way of consistency.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

Most people do not lack information. They lack a system that converts information into retained, retrievable, actionable skill.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

You do not need to win the whole future today. Just focus on winning the day.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

Many areas of your life will improve when you stop asking, “How do I feel about doing this?” and start asking, “What happens if I keep avoiding it?”