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George Benard Shaw on biggest communication problem

vutran | May 28, 2020, 5:56 p.m.

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."

— George Benard Shaw

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Mark Twain on disappointed on looking back

vutran | May 26, 2020, 4:47 p.m.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.

Discover.”

— Mark Twain

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T. S. Eliot on risk and possibility

vutran | May 26, 2020, 4:46 p.m.

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

— T. S. Eliot

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Jimmy Buffet on time for the good and the bad

vutran | May 26, 2020, 4:46 p.m.

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.”

— Jimmy Buffet

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Louis Pasteur on fortune

vutran | May 26, 2020, 4:45 p.m.

"When it comes to observation, fortune favors the prepared mind."

—Louis Pasteur

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Emem Uko on what to do on our journey

vutran | May 25, 2020, 7:51 p.m.

“It's the journey that matters, soak it in. Learn lessons out of it. Impact positively so that if you never get to your destination, at least you'd leave a legacy to be remembered.”

— Emem Uko

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Leo Rosten on purpose of life

vutran | May 25, 2020, 7:47 p.m.

“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” 

— Leo Rosten

Live with Purpose, Live by Priority, and Live for Productivity. Follow these three for the same reason you make the three commitments and avoid the four thieves—because you want to leave your mark. You want your life to matter.

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2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Better has read 12 books toward his goal of 36 books.
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2024 Reading Challenge

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Better has read 2 books toward his goal of 52 books.
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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Better has read 17 books toward his goal of 52 books.
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2022 Reading Challenge

2022 Reading Challenge
Better has read 2 books toward his goal of 36 books.
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2021 Reading Challenge

2021 Reading Challenge
Better has read 0 books toward his goal of 60 books.
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2020 Reading Challenge

2020 Reading Challenge
Better has read 10 books toward his goal of 36 books.
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2019 Reading Challenge

2019 Reading Challenge
Better has read 21 books toward his goal of 24 books.
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