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Doing the thing is doing the thing.

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

Are you living or simply existing?

“You might be going along doing pretty well in life.

Things aren’t good and they aren’t bad.

You’ve forgotten the things that excited you as a child, but you’ve also forgotten that you’ve forgotten them.

You are the subject of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb.” — @kyleschen

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

In life, you must choose your regrets.

“You'll regret it if you get married. You'll regret it if you don't get married. You'll regret it if you have kids, and you'll regret it if you don't.

Kierkegaard said this 200 years ago as follows:

‘Whatever you choose, you'll regret it. Because the problem isn't in your choices; it's in romanticizing a life you haven't lived.

A person always finds an untraveled path alluring and mysterious.

That's why the issue isn't making the right choice.

It's choosing and deciding which regret you'll live with.’

What have you decided?” — Salih Guney

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

"The first thing that happens, you retire physically, and then you retire mentally, and then you’re just taking up residence in society. I don’t ever want to be a resident of society. I want to be a contributor to society." — George Raveling

Coach Rav passed away last year. He was a beacon of light, hope, and love. He will be sorely missed.

https://t.co/uqOaG6K4oX

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre.

The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

Having an unusually large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.

If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.

There is just less competition for bigger goals.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Life advice nobody told you: Talent and intelligence are overrated. Intelligent people are more likely to overthink, overplan, and overanalyze. They hide behind motion that doesn't create progress. They fear the judgment of others if they're proven wrong. The truth is that talent and intelligence are abundant. Courage is not. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t. I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Permission isn't granted. It's taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things.

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

People are capable of far more than they think, on far shorter timelines. Problems expand to fill the time you give them.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

You don't know how big a fish you are till you try a big pond.

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

@bryan_johnson A self contained golden immortal prison of your own creation. Your routine has become your anchor. One day there will be a beauty in the breakdown. You will come full circle and be reborn as the Bryan who finds balance in the middle of the extremes of the two lives you have lived

[Aporia @0xaporia]

You need to stop sharpening your axe all day and start cutting a tree. Stagnation happens when the toolkit becomes more important than the target. The most important tool is a clear understanding of what you’re trying to achieve.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The more "informed" you feel, the less capable of thinking you become.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Work is not all of life. Your co-workers shouldn’t be your only friends. Schedule life and defend it just as you would an important business meeting. Never tell yourself “I’ll just get it done this weekend.” Review Parkinson’s Law and force yourself to cram within tight hours so your per-hour productivity doesn’t fall through the floor. Focus, get the critical few done, and get out. E-mailing all weekend is no way to spend the little time you have on this planet.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

“Reading after a certain age diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking, just as the man who spends too much time in the theater is tempted to be content with living vicariously instead of living his own life.” — Albert Einstein

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”

— Jean-Luc Godard

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The Penguin That Broke the Pattern Filmed in 2007 by Werner Herzog

Alone penguin stunned researchers by abandoning its colony not toward the sea for food, but inland, on a 70-km march toward Antarctica’s mountains.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Most "mental struggles" are just people addicted to living in their own mind instead of actually having the courage to improve who they are, act every day, get things done.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

The more risk you take, the luckier you get.

[Scott Chen @alreadydawn]

https://t.co/iBULHbqNk7

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Smart enough to know the life you could have, not brave enough to take the risks to get there, that’s where most anger comes from. No one busy living the life they want gets mad at things that don’t matter.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

illusions explained
https://t.co/y5CvMlJOBf