3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“Chase your dreams. It's unlikely they will play out exactly as you expect, but they know the way. No vision is perfect, but it points in the right direction. Let the energy of your soul lead you.”
II.
“Everyone wants better results.
Skill precedes results.
Practice precedes skill.
Attitude precedes practice.
It's the willingness to try (and keep trying) that leads to ability.”
III.
“Learn to love the interruptions. Find the fun in the delay, the humor in the challenge, the pleasure in the daily commute.
A great deal of life is spent dealing with interruptions and waiting for the conditions to turn. We think, “If I can just get past this, then things will open up.” But the interruption is not standing between you and your life. It is your life.
Yes, I prefer hassle-free days too. But you'll rarely find a situation that is all bad. There are little pockets of joy folded inside the annoyances we face. There is always fun to be had, if you go looking for it.
This is one of the arts of living. It's the art of enjoying the imperfect days. It's the art of making all the moments count.”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Investor Charlie Munger on effort:
“You climb as hard as you can … just advancing one inch at a time. That's the secret of life.”
Source: Daily Journal Corporation annual shareholder meeting (Feb 15, 2023)
II.
Poet and novelist Hermann Hesse on the beautiful, fleeting, and precious shortness of life:
“This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to them again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today.”
Source: Klingsor's Last Summer
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
When you find yourself feeling stuck or beginning to dwell on what you can't do, regain control with this simple question:
What can I do?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity
p.s. Middle Age cringe.
