You likely spend most of your waking time pursuing your desires. I don’t mean your obvious biological needs like sleep or food, but rather your goals and dreams. How often do you pause to reflect on where your desires come from? When I was 10 years old I wanted a drum set, badly. Later on […]
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Do you spend most of your day preparing for an imagined future? So that one day you can finally start living… once you have a certain level of success, once you reach a certain goal, once your circumstances allow you to relax. For most people… that day never comes. 1 Worrying your life away “I […]
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THE PATHWAY TO SURRENDER Below you can find my top highlights from the book (it is not meant to be a summary) Quotes are edited for readability when context is required, and bolded to help structure the notes. Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. If it resonates, […]
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BY RAY DALIO Below you can find my top highlights from the book (it is not meant to be a summary) Quotes are edited for readability when context is required, and bolded to help structure the notes. Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. If it resonates, you […]
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WHY GOOD PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED BY POLITICS AND RELIGION BY JONATHAN HAIDT Below you can find my top highlights from the book (it is not meant to be a summary) Quotes are edited for readability when context is required, and bolded to help structure the notes. Skim… then slow down on the paragraphs that catch […]
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BY RAINER MARIA RILKE AND SNELL REGINALD Below you can find my top highlights from the book (it is not meant to be a summary) Quotes are edited for readability when context is required, and bolded to help structure the notes. Skim… then pause on the bold paragraphs that catch your interest. Reflection requires pause. […]
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WORK LESS, WORRY LESS, SUCCEED MORE, ENJOY MORE BY RICHARD KOCH Below you can find my highlights from the book (it is not meant to be a summary) Quotes are edited for readability when context is required, and bolded to help structure the notes. Skim and stop on the bold paragraphs that catch your interest. […]
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THE ANCIENT ART OF STOIC JOY BY WILLIAM IRVINE (Below you can find my selected takeaways (not meant to be a summary) from William Irvine’s book “A guide to the good life”. Quotes are often edited for readability when context seems required, also bolded to help give structure to the notes. Skim and stop on the […]
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A QUEST TO DO GREAT BUSINESS, FIND YOUR CALLING, AND FEED YOUR SOUL BY SHAWN AND LAWREN ASKINOSIE (Below you can find my selected extended quotes from the book, which you can get here. Quotes are often edited for readability due to lack of context and bolded to help give structure to the notes). Service can be your […]
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Build a life that works for you (Below you can find my selected notes from the book by authors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, which you can get here. Quotes are often edited for readability due to lack of context and bolded to help give structure to the notes). Desiging your life: When you realize that […]
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