...Motivation is what gets you into this game; learning is what helps you continue to play; creativity is how you steer; and flow is how you turbo-boost the results beyond all rational standards and reasonable expectations...
...A series of problem-solving experiments reveal that people are more likely to consider solutions that add features than solutions that remove them, even when removing features is more efficient...
...So, if you're planning on doing something within a certain period of time, it might be best to lengthen your original estimate. But beware! This might cause the actual time required to multiply yet again...
...You should, intentionally and tactically, decide which piece of information you can do without, for now. But you should also, intentionally and strategically, decide when to pay back that debt...
...When we lack the knowledge and skills to achieve excellence, we sometimes lack the knowledge and skills to judge excellence...
...We’re often advised to excel at one thing. But as the future gets harder to predict, preserving optionality allows us to pivot when the road ahead crumbles...
...The classic roasted sausage and cabbage recipe combo is lightened up with some apples and red wine vinegar. Use any sausage you like...
...As we grow older, we tend to feel like the previous decade elapsed more rapidly, while the earlier decades of our lives seem to have lasted longer. Similarly, we tend to think of events that took place in the past 10 years as having happened more recently than they actually did. Conversely, we perceive events that took place more than a decade ago as having happened even longer ago...
...Nobody is good at the beginning of doing something new. Get over it. If you want to live a life that matters, don’t start when you get good; start now so you become good...
...The results showed that the more people moved and the more varied their movements, the greater their sense of well-being...
...Good work, done well, for the right reasons...
...When certain events need to take place to achieve a desired outcome, we’re overly optimistic that those events will happen. Here’s why we should temper those expectations...
...According to the theory of relativity, an object can in fact never reach the speed of light, because by then its mass would have become infinite, and by the equivalence of mass and energy, it would have taken an infinite amount of energy to get it there. This is the reason that any normal object is forever confined by relativity to move at speeds slower than the speed of light. Only light, or other waves that have no intrinsic mass, can move at the speed of light...
...You can figure out who’s reading the book because they’ve got something at stake and who’s simply wasting time...
...and toss in bacon!...
...Setting short-term, realistic goals has been shown to start a reinforcing mechanism of success and happiness, provided these goals fit with our values and aren’t imposed on us by others...
...early mornings are the time when they have the most control of their schedules...
...All change brings opportunity. Some change gives us the opportunity to pause and ask what we can do better. How can we better connect to what has proven to be important? Connection is not an abstract intellectual exercise, but an experience that orients us to the values that provide us direction. If you look for opportunities in line with your values, you will be able to see a path through the fear and uncertainty guided by the light that is hope...
...There is no good life without study and practice and wisdom. Don’t find the time. Make the time. You’re not too busy...
...The discipline is to invest one time in getting your workflow right instead of paying a penalty for poor digital hygiene every single day...
