No. 580 – June 9, 2024
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“The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them—especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in denial when you make a mistake, you should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as if they were works of art, which in a way they are. The fundamental reaction to any mistake ought to be this: “Well, I won’t do that again!””
Insights
“More is missed by not looking than not knowing.”
— Thomas McCrae, Medical School Axiom
“The greatest sign of an ill-regulated mind is to believe things because you wish them to be so.”
— Louis Pasteur
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.”
— Richard Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Tiny Thoughts
“Winning tomorrow starts today.”
“There is a big difference between being interested in something and being committed to something.
Committed people do what interested people won’t.”
“No one can get you where you want to go. Only self-motivation can do that.
If you’re waiting for someone to motivate you, it’s because you don’t love it, haven’t decided what you want, or are not committed. When you’re truly committed to a goal, you’ll find the motivation within yourself to push through obstacles and make it happen.
External motivation might get you started, but only internal motivation will carry you across the finish line.”
Books
Alexi Pappas on how the story you tell yourself is the most powerful one in the world.
“How you talk about your experiences will dictate how you feel about them. Reframing our goals and rewriting our stories are powerful tools. Nobody can tell us how to feel about something. We can make our shortcomings into something beautiful if we want to. How we label an experience can completely change how we perceive it.”
— Source: Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
Thanks for reading,
— Shane
P.S. Perfect Shot