Nicholas Carr on the intellectual bond between authors and avid readers

vutran | Jan. 31, 2021, 8:24 p.m.

“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization. The words of the writer act as a catalyst in the mind of the reader, inspiriting new insights, associations, and perceptions, sometimes even epiphanies. And the very existence of the attentive, critical reader provides the spur for the writer’s work. It gives the author confidence to explore new forms of expression, to blaze difficult and demanding paths of thought, to venture into uncharted and sometimes hazardous territory.”

— Nicholas Carr writes in The Shallows

Mo Gawdat on the star of the movie

vutran | Jan. 28, 2021, 1:32 p.m.

"Get real. You are not the star of the movie. Most of what happens around you isn’t about you at all. There are infinite numbers of other movies. In those, if you feature at all, you’re just a supporting actor. It would really help your happiness if you started to look at your life that way." 

— Mo Gawdat in Solve for Happy

Morten Hansen on doing exceptional work

vutran | Jan. 8, 2021, 2:19 p.m.

"Instead of asking how many tasks you can tackle given your working hours, ask how many you can ditch given what you must do to excel."

— Morten Hansen

James Clear on being better with curiosity

vutran | Jan. 8, 2021, 2:18 p.m.

"There are nearly endless opportunities to improve each day and finding them largely boils down to being curious.

People who are better in the end are usually curious in the beginning."

— James Clear

James Clear on solving problems early

vutran | Jan. 8, 2021, 2:12 p.m.

"Solve big problems early.

Rebound after one missed workout, not a decade of inactivity.

Repair a strained relationship the next day, not years later.

Fix overspending before it becomes a lifestyle.

Problems with simple solutions at first become difficult to unwind over time."

— James Clear

James Clear on maturity

vutran | Jan. 8, 2021, 2:11 p.m.

"Maturity is learning how to start when you feel like procrastinating and learning how to listen when you feel like talking."

— James Clear

Abraham Lincoln on hustling

vutran | Jan. 5, 2021, 10:06 a.m.

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

—  Abraham Lincoln