Edward W. Lovato

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@RRObserver Classic case of BANANAS: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@CNN “Only with government permission”

What government?

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@RayDalio @grok why does he say “the United States, at 245 years old, has proven itself to be one of the longest-lasting” in the last sentence? Isn’t the USA 250 this year?

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@elonmusk Happiness is just a thought. It will pass like the clouds in the sky. Meaning is the worthy pursuit. Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

Presence, Energy, Intention. This guy has It.

[Ross Brenner @_Ross_Brenner_]

Josh Niblett’s introduction as the new tight ends coach made it clear why Coach Prime brought him to Colorado. That’s a future college head coach.

#CUBuffs

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@DaleStarkA10 Peace be with you

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@ShawnRyan762 You’re right, man. Thanks for sharing.

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

"To experience time travel, read.

To achieve immortality, write."

-@JamesClear

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

60 years ago, Walter Cronkite of @CBSNews interviewed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord: “These people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before.” #DDay80

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

"Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned." - Emily Dickinson

If you work hard enough and eventually succeed, people will call you lucky.

You'll know the truth: Luck's got nothing to do with it.

- @SahilBloom

[James Clear @JamesClear]

On Hats, Haircuts, and Tattoos

I think about decisions in three ways: hats, haircuts, and tattoos.

Most decisions are like hats. Try one and if you don't like it, put it back and try another. The cost of a mistake is low, so move quickly and try a bunch of hats.

Some decisions are like haircuts. You can fix a bad one, but it won't be quick and you might feel foolish for awhile. That said, don't be scared of a bad haircut. Trying something new is usually a risk worth taking. If it doesn't work out, by this time next year you will have moved on and so will everyone else.

A few decisions are like tattoos. Once you make them, you have to live with them. Some mistakes are irreversible. Maybe you’ll move on for a moment, but then you'll glance in the mirror and be reminded of that choice all over again. Even years later, the decision leaves a mark. When you're dealing with an irreversible choice, move slowly and think carefully.

From: https://t.co/DqKzvbgOAK

(Hat tip to @tferriss, who once compared making decisions to choosing a sweater, which sent me down this line of thinking.)

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

Roman philosopher Musonius Rufus shares a lesson on long-term thinking:

"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures."

Source: Lectures and Fragments, Fragment 51

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The best ideas from 2023.

The top 1% of ideas I encountered:

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[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

“When I look back on resolutions of improvement and amendment which have year after year been made and broken, either by negligence, forgetfulness, vicious idleness, casual interruption, or morbid infirmity; when I find that so much of my life has stolen unprofitably away, and that I can descry by retrospection scarcely a few single days properly and vigorously employed, why do I yet try to resolve again? I try because reformation is necessary and despair is criminal.”
-Samuel Johnson (1775)

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

"Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." - George Herbert

If you wait to feel prepared, you'll never start. Don't wait, act.

- @SahilBloom

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@JennBurrill No, 2 bombs per target come off the aircraft. Common bombing tactic.

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

"Life rewards action, not intelligence.

Many brilliant people talk themselves out of getting started, and being smart doesn't help very much without the courage to act.

You can't win if you're not in the game."

- @JamesClear

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@JennBurrill @maddow Any thoughts on convicted felons being allowed to run for public office?

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

@TLCplMax Elvis

[Edward W. Lovato @low_vato]

Honored to sworn in as Sandoval County Probate Judge. @ Sandoval County, New Mexico https://t.co/kOo2G3QbDw