“They think that intelligence is about noticing things that are relevant (detecting patterns). In a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns).” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

“Habits of success, curiosity-driven knowledge, universal skills, and concrete next steps are the measurable outcomes that matter most if we want our kids to be prepared for a good life.” — Diane Tavenner (Diane)

“Temperance is not deprivation but command of oneself physically, mentally, spiritually—demanding the best of oneself, even when no one is looking, even when allowed less.” — Ryan Holiday (Ryan Holiday)

“To discern what is truly essential we need space to think, time to look and listen, permission to play, wisdom to sleep, and the discipline to apply highly selective criteria to the choices we make.” — Greg McKeown (Greg McKeown)

“That’s how confidence grows—one small, courageous move at a time.” — Mel Robbins (Mel Robbins)

“Achievement and abundance show up because they’re the natural outcomes of doing the right things with no limits attached.” — Gary Keller (Gary Keller)

“Agency for its own sake matters very little—what matters are the ends to which we assert ourselves and our power.” — Ryan Holiday (Ryan Holiday)

“Repeated practice isn’t enough. Without feedback, improvement is often impossible.” — Scott Young (Scott Young)

“Being miserable is a choice. You choose to hold a perspective that is incomplete. You choose to narrow in on the problem. You choose to ignore the solution. You give up control of your mind to externalities.” — Dan Koe (DAN KOE)

“That’s the thing about both pain and pleasure: They’re felt in the body, but they affect the mind and the mood—our temperament—which is something we must protect always.” — Ryan Holiday (Ryan Holiday)

+1 for "context engineering" over "prompt engineering". People associate prompts with short task descriptions you'd give an LLM in your day-to-day use. When in every industrial-strength LLM app, context engineering is the delicate art and science of filling the context window

“You won’t act differently until you think of yourself differently. So start by taking one small action that will change your self-identity.” — Derek Sivers (Derek Sivers)

Truth I need to hear: “When it comes right down to it, ‘team spirit’ and not letting your colleagues down is a feeble reason for procrastination when opportunity comes knocking. Nearly always, it is an excuse to avoid the possibility of humiliating failure.” — Felix Dennis

Reminder from Robert Greene on the consequences of letting go of your calling: “If you lose contact with [your] inner calling, you can have some success in life, but eventually your lack of true desire catches up with you. You come to live for leisure and immediate pleasures.”

“When seeking out where you work, be wary of the overly familiar.” — Cal Newport

Your daily reminder to always seek out the truth, no matter how hard it is to accept from Robert Greene: “While others may find beauty in endless dreams, warriors find it in reality, in awareness of limits, in making the most of what they have.”

I'd hate running too if every day felt hard or moderately hard. Hard workouts are enjoyable because they are occasional. They allow you to challenge yourself and mostly succeed. If they are every day, they demoralize and demotivate.

When it comes to building new habits, more people fail by doing too much too soon than by starting small and slowly building up. The difference between the two is ego. The reality is: doing too much too soon makes you more likely to quit. It puts you in a place of trying to

The ability to know what you can't predict and work with unpredictability is the best measure of intelligence. (Fooled by Randomness, Chapter on Philostratus).

The hustle/grind culture is like the new kid running the 400. They sprint off the line. Think they are winning. They keep pushing and pressing. Never settling. And…They hit bricks & fall apart. The person who learns to settle into a fast but sustainable rhythm wins.