Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on motivating others
vutran | Aug. 25, 2020, 5:35 p.m.
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast endless sea."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
James Clear on write to be useful rather than to sound smart
vutran | Aug. 25, 2020, 5:34 p.m.
"Don’t write to sound smart. Write to be useful.
If you’re useful over a long time period, you will end up looking smart anyway."
— James Clear
Read More →James Clear on planning long term seeds from now
vutran | Aug. 24, 2020, 6:22 p.m.
"If the only reason you're not pursuing a dream is because of the length of time it will take to achieve it, you should start right now. Think long-term."
— James Clear
Read More →W. H. Auden on aligning what must be done and what we most want makes us geniuses
vutran | Aug. 24, 2020, 6:14 p.m.
"Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do and, even if their genius is unrecognized in their lifetime, the essential earthly reward is always theirs, the certainty that their work is good and will stand the test of time. One suspects that the geniuses will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven—if, indeed, they ever make it; they have had their reward."
— W. H. Auden
Shaun Hick on the best listener
vutran | Aug. 20, 2020, 5:41 p.m.
“Nothing listens as well as a blank page.”
— Shaun Hick
Read More →Mark Twain the secret of getting ahead and getting started
vutran | Aug. 19, 2020, 5:59 p.m.
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one."
— Mark Twain
Read More →A proverb on the importance of asking questions
vutran | Aug. 17, 2020, 5:05 p.m.
"The person who asks is a fool for five minutes, but the person who does not ask remains a fool forever."
— Proverb
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