Julius Dillier

To my younger self: Take calculated risks. Try not to die.

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"Our habits shape our success more than any tactic, tool, or strategy ever could. The small, consistent actions we take daily create more lasting change than any other productivity “hack.”" (Nicolas Cole, Quick Passages)

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"These seventy years of research distill to two simple yet urgent conclusions: Regret makes us human. Regret makes us better." (Daniel H. Pink, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward)

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"[...] Financial success is not a hard science. It’s a soft skill, where how you behave is more important than what you know." (Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money)

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"Don’t even think about the past. It’s already gone. There are only two things that the past can give you: lessons and regrets." (Library Mindset, The Art of Laziness: Overcome Procrastination & Improve Your Productivity)

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"The conclusion is that there is no easy way out of stupidity. People with a high IQ, EQ or excellent practical intelligence are not immune. The only way out of doing stupid things is critical thinking and reflection." (Mats Alvesson and André Spicer, The Stupidity Paradox)

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"It’s natural to think you’ll be happy when you reach some particular benchmark." (Loretta Graziano Breuning, Habits of a Happy Brain)

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Discipline isn’t white-knuckling temptation. It’s interior design for your life: you move the snacks, mute the noise, set the tools out. Make flow the default setting, not a rare event.

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"Put some of your earnings back into things like education, upskilling, coaching, or self care." (NextAdvisor with TIME, I Interviewed 37 People Who Doubled Their Income. 5 Things They Do Differently at Work)

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Real luxury isn’t a 2-week vacation
It’s having your own reset button
For me, short timeouts in the mountains go a long way
Flush the system. Mental hygiene. Clear the cache.
What you get is more clarity
More clarity leads to more output

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Time is shorter than we think.
4,000 weeks total, maybe 1,500 left for me.
That number is not morbid, it’s clarifying.

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"Deliberate Practice is best conducted alone for several reasons. It takes intense concentration, and other people can be distracting. [ ... ] But most important, it involves working on the task that’s most challenging to you personally." (Susan Cain, Quiet)

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"Finding your “good work,” the work that feels satisfying at the moment and satisfying upon reflection, can take years to find. But once you find it, you’ll be happy you never gave up." (Paul Millerd, 40 Thoughts On Turning 40 | #287)

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"Don't do dumb stuff that hurts you. It's not about being brilliant, it's about not being dumb." (Sean Kelly, How I Achieved a Biological Age of 26 at Age...)

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So you're stuck again: when even the first step feels beyond your limits, shrink it. Turn your goal into tiny experiments and just collect data points. Baby steps might be small, but they are heading in the right direction.

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Your second life begins the moment you realize you only get one. Memento mori isn’t morbid—it’s fuel. And it always leads to carpe diem.

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"“Philip Morris just wanted your lungs,” Maher concludes. “The App Store wants your soul.”" (Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism)

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Socializing often feels like the ultimate escape room—designed to trap you in groupthink, where your individuality fades and personal accountability exits the chat.

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“If you feel sad, be deeply sad. Give it space and time, then listen to what it is warning you about.”

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“Anger is a capacitor: it stores energy until it finds a path to ground. Either you design that circuit on purpose, or the discharge chooses for you.”

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Stay hungry, stay lean. Abundance is cozy, but where's the thrill in that?