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A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only once.

09/18/2024

Sadly, many of us continually postpone our happiness indefinitely. It's not that we consciously set out to do so, but that we keep convincing ourselves, "Someday I'll be happy."

We tell ourselves we'll be happy when our bills are paid, when we get out of school, get our first job, a promotion.

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough - we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. And on and on and on!

Meanwhile, life keeps moving forward. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

From the book ~ Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
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09/17/2024

The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.

Write a song on your lunch break. Paint a painting with only one color. Start a business without any start-up capital. Shoot a movie with your iPhone and a few of your friends. Build a machine out of spare parts.

Don’t make excuses for not working—make things with the time, space, and materials you have, right now.

The right constraints can lead to your very best work.

From the book: Steal Like an Artist.
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03/20/2024

I asked Socrates whether he thought rich people are any happier than “poor stiffs like us.”

His response, as usual, shocked me. “As a matter of fact, I’m quite wealthy. One must become rich to be happy.” He smiled at my dumbfounded expression, picked up a pen from his desk, and wrote on a clean white sheet of paper:

You are rich if you have enough money to satisfy all your desires. So there are two ways to be rich: You earn, inherit, borrow, beg, or steal enough money to meet all your desires; or, you cultivate a simple lifestyle of few desires; that way you always have enough money.

A peaceful warrior has the insight and discipline to choose the simple way — to know the difference between needs and wants. We have few basic needs but endless wants.

Full attention to every moment is my pleasure. Attention costs no money; your only investment is training. That’s another advantage of being a warrior, — it’s cheaper!

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

From the book 📖 ~ The Way of the Peaceful Warrior 🥋
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03/14/2024

In this age of information abundance and overload, those who get ahead will be the folks who figure out what to leave out, so they can concentrate on what’s really important to them.

Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities. The idea that you can do anything is absolutely terrifying.

From the book ~ Steal Like an Artist

03/13/2024

We are readers.

Books grace our shelves and fill our homes with beauty; they dwell in our minds and occupy our thoughts.

Books prompt us to spend pleasant hours alone and connect us with fellow readers. They invite us to escape into their pages for an afternoon, and they inspire us to reimagine our lives.

~ From the book, I'd rather be reading.

03/12/2024

Reading books in one’s youth is like looking at the moon through a crevice; reading books in middle age is like looking at the moon in one’s courtyard; and reading books in old age is like looking at the moon on an open terrace.

This is because the depth of benefits of reading varies in proportion to the depth of one’s own experience.

~ Chang Ch’ao a mid-seventeenth century writer on reading at different times in your life

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