Seth Godin on narrowing our choices to the top

vutran | Sept. 13, 2020, 4:28 p.m.

“With limited time or opportunity to experiment, we intentionally narrow our choices to those at the top.

— Seth Godin

Ann Landers on opportunities in disguide

vutran | Sept. 11, 2020, 8:58 a.m.

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”

— Ann Landers

Anaïs Nin on writing to taste life twice

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”

— Anaïs Nin

Johnathan Jena on how beauty exists

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

“Beauty exists not in what is seen and remembered, but in what is felt and never forgotten.”

— Johnathan Jena

Willard Van Orman Quine and J.S. Ullian on the difference between being right and having been right

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

"The desire to be right and the desire to have been right are two desires, and the sooner we separate them the better off we are. The desire to be right is the thirst for truth. On all counts, both practical and theoretical, there is nothing but good to be said for it. The desire to have been right, on the other hand, is the pride that goeth before a fall. It stands in the way of our seeing we were wrong, and thus blocks the progress of our knowledge."

— Willard Van Orman Quine and J.S. Ullian

Lucille Clifton on emphasizing joy over status

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:14 p.m.

"One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated."

— Lucille Clifton

James Clear on the bottleneck of talent

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:13 p.m.

"Vision is the bottleneck of talent.

Most talent is wasted because people do not clearly know what they want. It’s not a lack of effort, but a lack of direction.

There are many capable people in the world, but relatively few that focus on what matters."

— James Clear