quotes

if you don’t know where you’re going, distractions will look like opportunities.

“I spent most of my morning thinking about what do with my day. I never figured it out, and then my morning was over. I should have been thinking about my morning”

Everytime I start BIG, I fail. 

Everytime I start small, I succeed bigger than I could have imagined.

"The amount of serendipity that will occur in your life is directly proportional to the degree to which you do something you're passionate about combined with the total number of people to whom this is effectively communicated."

you have access to your optimal policy at all times. you just choose not to follow it. you can literally access it by asking “what should i be doing rn?”

the pebble in your shoe ruins your journey more than the rockiest of roads

you can just...do stuff

it isn't more complicated

“Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit the evasions. Stop giving yourself needless trouble. It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now. You are not some disinterested bystander. Participate. Exert yourself.” — Epictetus

He who chases two rabbits catches neither.

if you know you are early, you are early

if you think you are late, you are early

if you think you are early, you are late

you’re being told the story of your life, and any resistance to the present moment of experience just clogs the system and causes suffering, the story doesn’t want to be interfered with

when people ask me why i am the way i am i should really just show them the notes my dad wrote me growing up

getting upset about noticing that you’ve been distracted is like being frustrated that you’ve been in chains the moment they’re taken off

There's no such thing as work-life balance. It's all just life.

people tend to try "inner work" when they're incapacitated from taking action. unfortunately the action would probably cause more inner work than doing it manually

He does everything for the plot. Doesn’t give a shit about anything other than working with cool people.

He's all about playing it safe and climbing the ladder. Doesn't care about who he works with, as long as it looks good to others.

how could a generation that needs friends but wants followers be anything but unhappy