Jacob Pitcher

making sense of myself and the world around me. | pm @colab_software

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood." — Voltaire

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

"Just like a low resting heart rate is the byproduct of intense exercise, low anxiety is the byproduct of intense self-examination." - Naval Ravikant

[VV @visualizevalue]

"He who is contented is rich." – Lao Tzu

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach the age of eighteen." - Mark Twain

[Kamal Ravikant @kamalravikant]

I’m starting to understand that you don’t get what you deserve. You get what you believe you deserve.

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

@scottastevenson curious - is the act of tracking more therapeutic for its own sake or do you identify the odd insight to action or adjust for?

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

And to think half licked is a full lick more than most will ever get licked in a lifetime.

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

"If you can fall in love again & again ... if you are content to get nowhere, just take each day as it comes, if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you’ve got it half licked."

- Henry Miller

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

When someone is going through a terrible time, saying “I’m with you” is the only thing that matters.

Advice, perspectives, or offers to help are minimally impactful.

The notion that someone is with you is 10x more powerful.

Be a “darkest hour friend” to those you love.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

"There’ll never be any shortage of good people in the world. All you got to do is seek them out and get as many of them as possible into your life. Keep the rest the hell out."

— Charlie Munger

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

@scottastevenson @dvassallo Let me know if you have any spare missions lying around

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

@MorningBrew Nobody thinks about you as much as you

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

"Over a long timeline, the bottleneck is usually attention not ability." - @JamesClear

[ag.eth @normie_ag]

"Self-awareness is the most attractive trait."

@naval

[Angela Jiang @angjiang]

Simple but not easy:

Confidence without ego
Decisiveness without impatience
Simplicity without untruth
Kindness without expectations

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

The people who know the most say "I don't know" the most.

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

@IAmAdamRobinson Love certainly seems like a bonus in comparison to the rare feeling of being truly seen by another person, with all its vulnerability.

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

"...if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known."

- Tim Kreider

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

[Jacob Pitcher @jcbptchr]

@BStulberg 1000%. The hardest part for me IS the discipline to continue prioritizing & following curiosity along the path to finding/developing meaning that will result in fulfillment