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James Clear on Balance

vutran | April 21, 2020, 6:20 p.m.

"Balance is timing, not intensity.

It is not doing multiple tasks at 80%, but developing the skill of turning it on and turning it off.

Sleep fully, then work intensely. Focus deeply, then relax completely. Give each phase your full attention.

Balance is 'when to' not 'how to.'"

— James Clear

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Woody Allen on paranoia

vutran | April 16, 2020, 6:36 a.m.

“When everybody actually is out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking.”

— Woody Allen

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In a world of imperfect systems, ridiculous time scales, laughable tools, and impossible requirements, let’s play it safe.

Sharon Salzberg on faith and keeping an open mind

vutran | April 10, 2020, 5:52 p.m.

“It’s not the existence of beliefs that is the problem, but what happens to us when we hold them rigidly, without examining them, when we presume the absolutely centrality of our views and become disdainful of others.” 

— Sharon Salzberg on faith and keeping an open mind

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David Allen on trusting our External Brain

vutran | April 10, 2020, 5:49 p.m.

A“trusted system” means not only that you trust the contents of your “external brain” but that you will engage with the appropriate parts at the appropriate times.

—David Allen

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Sophocles on trouble self inflicted

vutran | April 9, 2020, 4:44 p.m.

"It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it"

—Sophocles

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George Santayana on Life of Reason

vutran | April 8, 2020, 8:50 p.m.

"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot rememberthe past are condemned to repeat it."

— George Santayana, Life of Reason

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David Allen on Project List

vutran | April 8, 2020, 6:46 a.m.

"Some people have lists of big goals and visions, and many people have lists of simple to-dos. Very few have a list of all the in-between outcomes (i.e., “projects”), and that’s a critical list for staying focused on the right stuff, week to week."

— David Allen

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