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The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today ...

Charles Miller on balance

vutran | March 7, 2025, 12:07 p.m.

"Spend a handful of hours a day going fast. Crush a gym session. Do deep work on a project you care about. Spend the rest of the day going slow. Take walks. Read books. Get a long dinner with friends. Either way, avoid the anxious middle where you never truly relax or truly move forward."

— Charles Miller

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James Clear on people geting what they deserve

vutran | March 4, 2025, 9:04 p.m.

"People frequently get what they deserve, but it doesn't feel like it because the unspoken rule is that you only deserve it if you have (1) the courage to attempt it, (2) the guts to ask for it, and (3) the willingness try again when it doesn't work out the first time."

— James Clear

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James Clear on discovering best solution

vutran | Dec. 27, 2024, 11:30 a.m.

"You have to work hard to discover how to work smart. You won't know the best solutions until you've made nearly all the mistakes."

— James Clear

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James Clear on choosing friends as seeds of habits

vutran | Jan. 5, 2024, 7:59 p.m.

"When you choose your friends today, you are choosing your habits tomorrow."

— James Clear

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Frank Herbert on mystery of life

vutran | Jan. 5, 2024, 7:56 p.m.

“There is no mystery about a human life. It is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” 

Frank Herbert

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Leto Atredeis on knowledge

vutran | Jan. 5, 2024, 7:54 p.m.

“To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.” — Leto Atredeis

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Farad’n Corrino on actual learning

vutran | Jan. 5, 2024, 7:53 p.m.

One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things

— Farad’n Corrino

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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

2024 Reading Challenge
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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