Shane Parish on some super powers

vutran | Jan. 4, 2026, 7:16 p.m.

“ Superpowers you can choose:

- Ability to change yourself & your mind
- Not taking things personally
- Not needing to prove you're right
- Careful selection of all relationships
- Staying calm
- Being alone without being lonely
- Being ok with being uncomfortable
- Thinking for oneself”

— Shane Parish

Shane Parish on getting time in our favor

vutran | Jan. 4, 2026, 7:15 p.m.

“Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.”

— Shane Parish

Sahil Bloom on the quest for more vs the beauty of enough

vutran | Dec. 18, 2025, 10:07 a.m.

“Never let the quest for more distract you from the beauty of enough.” 

— Sahil Bloom

Shane Parish on the bill before the reward

vutran | Dec. 15, 2025, 7:16 a.m.

“You have to train before the race, not after. You have to build the skill before you get the job that requires it. You have to be trustworthy for years before anyone trusts you with something important. The bill comes first. The reward comes later.“

— Shane Parish

Shane Parish on the best relentless learning

vutran | Nov. 24, 2025, 6:58 a.m.

“The best are always learning.

Read like crazy. 
Think alone. 
Keep a journal. 
Write stuff down the moment you see it. 
Review regularly. 
Memorize the big ideas to fluency. 
Attack your best ideas. 
And never get high on your own supply.

You don't have to be gifted. You do have to be deliberate.”

— Shane Parish

Seneca on bad men living among bad men

vutran | Nov. 22, 2025, 4:57 p.m.

“We are bad men living among bad men; and only one thing can calm us — we must agree to go easy on one another.”

— Seneca

James Clear on lifestyle preceding result

vutran | Nov. 9, 2025, 8:04 a.m.

"Results tend to accumulate to the person who enjoys the lifestyle that precedes the result."

— James Clear