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Psychology research is teaching us that the image of ourselves that we carry is not a true representation of who we are. Rather, our self-image is an elaborate fiction: an oddly-shaped house constructed from biased perceptions and faulty memories hammered together to form a sense-making narrative.
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self-image
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb
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tags:
regret
investment
action
“Self-improvement is meaningless if you don’t create something that’s designed to help somebody other than yourself.”
tags:
improvement
The primary problem with the passion hypothesis is that all the attention is focused on the self. One of those [faulty] assumptions is that we as people have preexisting passions we need to “discover” and then follow.
tags:
passion
What you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.
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motivation
Once you become comfortable, it’s hard to go back to the discomfort of learning and humility.
tags:
learning
To write is to step away from the current moment. Or to step much deeper into it than you need. Either way, it is always to be one foot askew.
tags:
writing