3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“Challenge yourself when life is easy, so you'll be ready when life is hard.”
II.
An interesting phrase I overheard recently:
“I work harder, but you're busier.”
III.
“Observation is a skill, and like any skill, it can be trained and honed.
Even if you're not a negative person, you may be skilled at noticing negative things. Sometimes people are good at noticing the reason things won't work out or have a tendency to fixate on the latest distressing story.
But you can train your eye toward the opportunities each day quietly presents. You can become competent at noticing your good luck: the little moments of joy, the stranger who helped, the small things that went right, the opportunity in front of you right now.
What are you competent in observing? And which types of observations seem to serve your life best?”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca on clarity of purpose:
“If you do not know which port you are seeking, no wind is favorable.”
Source: Letters to Lucilius (Epistle 71). Originally written as, “Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.”
II.
The 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, on what it takes to build a reputation:
“A good reputation is acquired by many actions; and can be lost by one. Be upon your guard, therefore, against those weaknesses which may risk it. Nothing can be more unjust than to judge a person by one single action; but the world is seldom just.”
Source: Letters to His Son
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
What is the most important conversation you are currently postponing?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity
