Better's Today

James Clear on solving problems early

vutran | Jan. 8, 2021, 2:12 p.m.

"Solve big problems early.

Rebound after one missed workout, not a decade of inactivity.

Repair a strained relationship the next day, not years later.

Fix overspending before it becomes a lifestyle.

Problems with simple solutions at first become difficult to unwind over time."

— James Clear

James Clear on maturity

vutran | Jan. 8, 2021, 2:11 p.m.

"Maturity is learning how to start when you feel like procrastinating and learning how to listen when you feel like talking."

— James Clear

Abraham Lincoln on hustling

vutran | Jan. 5, 2021, 10:06 a.m.

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

— Abraham Lincoln

Rainer Maria Rilke on the person are who they have been throughout your who relationship

vutran | Dec. 28, 2020, 7:12 p.m.

"A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Shane Parrish on what counts is the choices that follow our mistakes

vutran | Dec. 23, 2020, 10:59 a.m.

“Just because we’ve lost our way doesn’t mean that we are lost forever. In the end, it’s not the failures that define us so much as how we respond. We all get steered off course at some point in our lives. What really counts isn’t that we make mistakes but the choices that follow those mistakes.”

— Shane Parrish

Mark Manson on tradeoffs

vutran | Dec. 15, 2020, 1:30 p.m.

“The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrifice — whatever makes us feel good will also inevitably make us feel bad. What we gain is also what we lose. What creates our positive experiences will define our negative experiences. This is a difficult pill to swallow. This is why our problems are recursive and unavoidable.”

— Mark Manson