Mantras
Published on Dec 21, 2016
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You Are Going To Die
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Ask yourself "why?"
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Struggle = Growth
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take the Hard path
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Do not worship
AT THE ALTAR OF YOUR INHIBITIONS
adapted from Fred Waitzkin's concept of making a cult of your inhibitions
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we are not our names
speak the truth
the measure of a civilization may be the individual's ability to
a quite from one of the greatest authors of any era, Ursula K Le Guin
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attention
is the most powerful currency
“In an information-rich world,” Herbert Simon wrote in 1971, “the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.”
The more there is, the harder it is to pay attention. As Thoreau so wisely said: "Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify."
The more there is, the harder it is to pay attention. As Thoreau so wisely said: "Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify."
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you are what you do every day
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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
this might not be a direct quote from AdSE, but the theme and concept is clear in his book 'La Cittadelle,' and I think this quote captures his spirit, even if these are not his exact words
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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
maybe my favorite quote ever
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Act your way to a new way of thinking
“It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting.”
― Jerry Sternin, The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
― Jerry Sternin, The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
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Most people overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in ten.
Play the long game.
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Your Wound is your gift
You will never ever be successful until you turn your pain into greatness
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