Better's Today

Shane Parrish on what counts is the choices that follow our mistakes

vutran | Dec. 23, 2020, 10:59 a.m.

“Just because we’ve lost our way doesn’t mean that we are lost forever. In the end, it’s not the failures that define us so much as how we respond. We all get steered off course at some point in our lives. What really counts isn’t that we make mistakes but the choices that follow those mistakes.”

— Shane Parrish

Mark Manson on tradeoffs

vutran | Dec. 15, 2020, 1:30 p.m.

“The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrifice — whatever makes us feel good will also inevitably make us feel bad. What we gain is also what we lose. What creates our positive experiences will define our negative experiences. This is a difficult pill to swallow. This is why our problems are recursive and unavoidable.”

— Mark Manson

Stephen Covey on habit being the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire

vutran | Dec. 15, 2020, 1:28 p.m.

“Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).”

— Stephen Covey

Carol Dweck on training for mastery

vutran | Dec. 14, 2020, 12:37 p.m.

"Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn’t mean that others can’t do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training."

—Carol Dweck in Mindset

Anders Ericsson the ability to develop perfect pitch is the gift, not the perfect pitch

vutran | Dec. 13, 2020, 10:55 a.m.

"In short, perfect pitch is not the gift, but, rather, the ability to develop perfect pitch is the gift—and, as nearly as we can tell, pretty much everyone is born with that gift."

— Anders Ericsson