Category: Life
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“Happy-when” people
Shane Parrish writes in Clear Thinking: Running on the hedonic treadmill only turns us into what I call “happy-when” people—those who think they’ll be happy when something happens. For example, we’ll be happy when we get the credit we deserve, or happy when we make a bit more money, or happy when we find that…
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The failure and the learning
Shane Parrish writes in Clear Thinking: Experts can tell you all the ways they’ve failed. They know and accept that some form of failure is often part of the learning process. Imitators, however, are less likely to own up to mistakes because they’re afraid it will tarnish the image they’re trying to project. Because failure…
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Audiobooks are books
Simon Sarris makes the case we should treat audiobooks as seriously as we treat books, because listening is a skill just as important as reading: If you find audiobooks hard to follow, this is all the more reason to want to practice. After all: How long did it take you to learn to read well?…
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Choose the action, choose the consequence
“When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.” Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory
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Sweet lemons
I recently took a week off work. The first day off, my nose started running. I got sick. The rest of the week involved me staying in my home, recovering. There are at least two competing truths here: One truth involves me being upset that I didn’t get to do much I wanted to. Another…
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Five life lessons from playing board games
You can learn a lot about life from playing board games. Here are five lessons I’ve picked up from the past few years: The point is to have fun, not to win. If you want to play competitively, then join a tournament—don’t do that with your friends. The point is to enjoy each other’s company.…
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100% off
“There is no product or service more ecological, sustainable and recyclable as the one we do not use.” — Philippe Bihouix (via Rohan Rajiv) Do you really need it? 40% off a product you’re not going to regularly use is not as good as 100% off a product you don’t buy and store in your…
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Rich Paul on flying private, salary with LeBron, and fronting
I came across Rich Paul’s memoir at a bookstore the other day, so I picked it up and I’m really enjoying it. Naturally, I also started digging into some of his appearances at YouTube. I really liked his panel with Junior Bridgeman and Earn Your Leisure. Junior has a great story too, but some notable…
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“Should I be doing that instead?”
There’s a saying that the best workout plan is the one that you’re actually going to do. It’s a great approach to exercise. As a principle, it can be just as effective when you apply it to other parts of your life as well. What works for somebody else isn’t going to be what works…
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If you’re reading to learn, don’t read the whole book
You don’t need to read the entire book to get something out of it. For example, I learned to take notes from skimming a book that I otherwise wouldn’t have read (and still have yet to finish). If you’ve had a book that you’ve been meaning to read, I highly recommend buying and opening it…