Brain Food – No. 552 – November 26th, 2023
Timeless ideas and insights for life. (Read the archives).
FS
“Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Of course, you can learn a lot about something without writing about it. However, writing about something complicated and hard to pin down acts as a test to see how well you understand it. When we approach our work as a stranger, we often discover how something that seems so simple in our heads is explained entirely wrong.”
Insight
1.
On too many things competing for our attention:
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2.
Steven Pressfield on determination:
“I’ve seen a million writers with talent. It means nothing. You need guts, you need stick-to-it-iveness. It’s work, you gotta work, do the freakin’ work. That’s why you’re gonna make it, son. You work. No one can take that away from you.”
— Source: The Knowledge
Tiny Thought(s)
1.
What’s ONE thing you can do today that makes tomorrow easier? Repeat.
2.
Amateurs think in absolutes. Professionals think in probabilities.
Clear Thinking
Results accumulate long before they are visible:
“The formula for failure is a few small errors consistently repeated. Just because the results aren’t immediately felt doesn’t mean consequences aren’t coming. You are smart enough to know the potential results; you just don’t necessarily realize when they’re coming.”
— Source: Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
Thanks for reading,
— Shane
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