3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“The measure of a life is not what you consume, but what you contribute.
Spend less time owning, consuming, taking. Spend more time giving, creating, making.”
II.
“Everyone wants to be happy now, but it might be better to optimize for being satisfied later.
Perhaps the key to happiness is to not worry about being happy today, but rather to make choices that will leave your future self feeling satisfied with how you chose to live. Do you feel a sense of satisfaction with the choices you made? With the way you lived today? With the things you chose to focus on over the last year? Are you “happy” with the impact you are making?
Momentary happiness is hard to predict, but deep satisfaction is easier to control. It is on the other side of good choices, good habits, and meaningful impact.”
III.
“Your life is simply your days, accumulated. Did today’s habits contribute to the life you want to build?”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Neurobiologist and Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini reminds us that good judgment requires warmth and logic:
“Rare are those people who use the mind; few use the heart; and really unique are those who use both.”
Source: WIRED Interview (March 2009)
II.
Author and speaker Jim Rohn reminds us to continually redirect our attention toward what is helpful and productive:
“Much of life is in learning to always remain part of the solution rather than allowing ourselves to become part of the problem.”
Source: The Seasons of Life
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
If the version of you from five years ago could see your life today, what would surprise them most?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity
p.s. I want this dog.