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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Every event has two handles, one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it. Instead,Continue reading “View And Do”

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” -Anton Chekov “Show the readers everything, tell them nothing…The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. -Ernest Hemmingway Show us. Don’t tell us. In your art. In your life. Don’tContinue reading “Show, Don’t Tell”

“What would this look like if it were easy?” is a question author and investor Tim Ferriss routinely asks himself before starting a project. It’s not about avoiding hard work or running away from obstacles. It’s about setting yourself up to succeed. Being efficient. Building an elegant system and process that will sustain and inspireContinue reading “Easy”

The sense of danger must not disappear:The way is certainly both short and steep,However gradual it looks from here;Look if you like, but you will have to leap… A solitude ten thousand fathoms deepSustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:Although I love you, you will have to leap;Our dream of safety has toContinue reading “Will You Leap?”

What’s one thing you can do today to be better and get closer to achieving the excellence you’re striving for? And what’s one thing you can do today to help someone else achieve the same? You do both, it’s a helluva day.

“All good writing comes out of aloneness.” -Sam Shepard At Q&A’s Stephen King is often asked what kind of writing implement he uses. The answer: A Blackwing 602 #2 pencil, pictured above. And a fountain pen. And a typewriter And a computer. He’s used all of the above at various times in his life. TheContinue reading “Just Write!”

“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.” —Mortimer Adler Richard Feynman (1918–1988) is widely regarded as one of the most important physicists of all time. He pioneered an entire field: quantum electrodynamics (QED), his work on light and matter won him theContinue reading “The Feynman Technique”

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” -Nietzsche When deciding whether to study with a certain teacher or coach, it’s important to know what were their shortcomings? What did they struggle with? What did they have to overcome?Continue reading “The Way”

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” -Anne Lamont Most computer troubles can be solved by simply powering down your computer, waiting 30 seconds, and powering back up. Same for almost any electronic device. That might be exactly what you need too. Before you give up onContinue reading “Reset”

“Guess what? When it comes right down to it, wherever you go, there you are. Whatever you wind up doing, that’s what you’ve wound up doing. Whatever you are thinking right now, that’s what’s on your mind. Whatever has happened to you, it has already happened. The important question is, how are you going toContinue reading “Be There”