(Extracted from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli) All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition...
(Extracted from What I Do When it Feels Like My Work Isn’t Good Enough by James Clear) In particular, there was one quote from Gallwey that made me pause and rethink my early months of writing and self-doubt....
(Extracted from The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli) Research confirms that expectations have a profound impact on happiness, and that unrealistic expectations are among the most effective killjoys. One...
(Extracted from Wait But Why) It’s pretty straightforward—when the reality of someone’s life is better than they had expected, they’re happy. When reality turns out to be worse than the expectations,...
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that...
(Extracted from Principles by Ray Dalio) When you experience pain, remember to reflect. You can convert the “pain” of seeing your mistakes and weaknesses into pleasure. If there is only one piece of advice I...
(Extracted from Jeff Bezos’s speech delivered to graduates from Princeton University on May 30, 2010.) What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness...
(Extracted from MarkManson.net) If I ask you, “What do you want out of life?” and you say something like, “I want to be happy and have a great family and a job I like,” it’s so ubiquitous that...
