That message is simple: When you come to one of the many moments in life when you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world, do not, I pray, discount that you filled a dying manโs days with a sated joy, a joy unknown to me in all my prior years, a joy that does not hunger for more and more, but rests, satisfied. In this time, right now, that is an enormous thing.
Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air
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I began to realize that coming in such close contact with my own mortality had changed both nothing and everything. Before my cancer was diagnosed, I knew that someday I would die, but I didnโt know when. After the diagnosis, I knew that someday I would die, but I didnโt know when. But now I knew it acutely. The problem wasnโt really a scientific one. The fact of death is unsettling. Yet there is no other way to live.
Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air
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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Trees want to be still, but the wind won't stop blowing.When children want to care for their parents, it's already too late.
Pik-Shuen Fung, Ghost Forest
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"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupรฉry
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
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"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of viewโฆ Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."
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"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
"You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven."
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"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
"But I donโt want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
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A Single Man" by Christopher Isherwood
"Think of two people, living together day after day, year after year, in this small space, so far from anyone elseโeach convinced that he is alone in his love for the other."
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If you're young and ambitious, you have 2 career options:
1. Enter an old industry - Wait 20 years until experienced people retire.
2. Enter a new industry - Become an expert in 12 months.
The competitive advantage of being young is you're an internet native. Use it.
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1. Enter an old industry - Wait 20 years until experienced people retire.
2. Enter a new industry - Become an expert in 12 months.
The competitive advantage of being young is you're an internet native. Use it.
Source : George Mack
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The Paradox of Focus:
Moving boldly in one direction not only increases your odds of getting there, but also increases your odds of picking up unexpected rewards along the way.
Make the most of one opportunity and more opportunities come your way. To get more, focus on less.
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Moving boldly in one direction not only increases your odds of getting there, but also increases your odds of picking up unexpected rewards along the way.
Make the most of one opportunity and more opportunities come your way. To get more, focus on less.
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Aldous Huxley on approaching life with lightness, even in the face of difficulty:
โItโs dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though youโre feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig.
Lightly, lightly โ itโs the best advice ever given meโฆ So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. Thatโs why you must walk so lightly.โ
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Question to think about
Many things in life go through phases. It can be like the seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter. Each season has its own set of needs and demands.
Think about something important to you. Maybe itโs a project or a job. Perhaps a hobby or even a relationship. What season are you in right now and what does that season require?
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Every Jutsu (problem) has a weakness. You just have to find it.
-Itachi Uchiha, Naruto
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-Itachi Uchiha, Naruto
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Being dissatisfied with your current level doesn't make you a liability, doing nothing about it does.
- Fuegoreon Vermilion, Black Clover
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- Fuegoreon Vermilion, Black Clover
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..But the hatred will only rob of your heart's freedom and eat away at you.
-Fairy Tail, Jellal Fernandes
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-Fairy Tail, Jellal Fernandes
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