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Some days, it’s just not worth chewing through the leather straps.
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Three Hardest Tasks
ByHeatherThe three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements but moral acts:
- to return love for hate
- to include the excluded
- and to say “I was wrong.”
— Sydney J. Harris, Pieces of Eight
Study while others are sleeping…
ByHeatherStudy while others are sleeping;
work while others are loafing;
prepare while others are playing;
and dream while others are wishing.— William Arthur Ward
Pessimism
ByHeatherPessimism is a luxury we can only afford in good times, in difficult times it easily represents a self-inflicted, self-fulfilling death sentence.
— Evelin Lindner, social scientist, Auschwitz survivor, Founder of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
Guard Your Spare Moments
ByHeatherGuard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rejecting Rejection
ByHeatherI have always been one to create my own reality. My mom has told me that, as a child, I would often raise my hand and say, “I reject that.”
I found this letter on the tubes today. Apparently this letter was never sent, but it makes me think as much as it makes me smile.
The Only Substitute for Time is Focus
ByHeatherThere is an inescapable setup time for all tasks, large or minuscule in scale. It is often the same for one as it is for a hundred. There is a psychological switching of gears that can require up to 45 minutes to resume a major task that has been interrupted.
— Timothy Ferris, 4-Hour Work Week
Of course, I interrupted the book I was reading to post and Tweet this.
Focus is hard.