James Clear on ignoring things over attacking as an option

vutran | May 12, 2021, 12:27 p.m.

"Some things are better off ignored than attacked.  Attention is the oxygen of conflict. When you fight a problem, you breathe life into it. When you starve a problem of your attention, you suffocate it.  In a surprising number of cases, the way to solve a problem is to ignore it." 

— James Clear

Lynn Marriott on productive practice

vutran | May 11, 2021, 7:56 p.m.

“If you can pay attention for only five minutes in practice, then take a break every five minutes. If you can pay attention for only twenty balls, don’t hit fifty. 

To be able to practice longer and maintain the quality of the practice, train yourself to pay attention for longer periods of time….Productive practice is about how present you can stay with your intention and is measured in the quality of the experience as opposed to the quantity of time used.”

— Lynn Marriott in The Game Before the Game

Farnam Street on luck on higher rise over deliberate practice

vutran | May 11, 2021, 7:49 p.m.

“If you’re aiming at expertise or just really good performance, deliberate practice will most likely get you there. 

But the higher you rise, the more luck and randomness end up mattering. However much you engage in deliberate practice, you can’t control the chance events (good or bad) that dictate a great deal of life” 

— Farnam Street

Steph Smith on actively designing life over getting busy

vutran | May 11, 2021, 12:58 p.m.

"How much of what you did today was simply due to inertia?

Never get so busy that you forget to actively design your life."

—  Steph Smith

James Clear on taking action to increase your surface area for good luck

vutran | May 10, 2021, 7:26 a.m.

"You can increase your surface area for good luck by taking action.

The forager who explores widely will find lots of useless terrain, but is also more likely to stumble across a bountiful berry patch than the person who stays home.

Similarly, the person who works hard, pursues opportunity, and tries more things is more likely to stumble across a lucky break than the person who waits."

— James Clear

Andrew S. Grove on writing reports as medium of self-discipline

vutran | May 9, 2021, 9:35 a.m.

"Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not." 

—Andrew S. Grove

Gandhi on living and learning

vutran | May 9, 2021, 9:33 a.m.

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." 

— Gandhi