William James on the first step in overcoming misfortune

vutran | Sept. 26, 2020, 6:17 p.m.

"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst." 

— William James

Viktor E. Frankl on the right to do wrong

vutran | Sept. 26, 2020, 6:15 p.m.

"No one has the right to do wrong, even if wrong has been done to them."

— Viktor E. Frankl

Greg McKeown on thinking in term of "What trade-offs will I make?"

vutran | Sept. 26, 2020, 6:14 p.m.

"Stop thinking “How can I do it all?” Instead, choose the problem you’d focus on, and ask “What trade-offs will I make?” and “How can I go really big on this?” See trade-offs not as losses but as opportunities to find the highest-impact options." 

— Greg McKeown in Essentialism

Greg McKeown on the fact of trade-offs

vutran | Sept. 26, 2020, 6:13 p.m.

"Trade-offs are a fact of life. You can do anything but not everything." 

— Greg McKeown in Essentialism

Daniel Pink on the elusiveness of mastery

vutran | Sept. 26, 2020, 6:11 p.m.

“The joy is in the pursuit more than the realization.

In the end, mastery attracts precisely because mastery eludes.” 

— Daniel Pink in Drive

Ann Landers on opportunities in infancy disguised as hard word

vutran | Sept. 19, 2020, 6:39 p.m.

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”

— Ann Landers

Daniel Pink on how flow is essential to mastery but doesn't guarantee mastery

vutran | Sept. 19, 2020, 6:39 p.m.

“Flow is essential to mastery. But flow doesn’t guarantee mastery – because the two concepts operate on different horizons of time. One happens in a moment; the other unfolds over months, years and sometimes decades.” 

— Daniel Pink in Drive