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miete ("thought") + lause ("phrase")

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Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)


You are not going to be able to give us the plans to the submarine. Life is not a submarine. There are no plans.
page: 55
tags: planning life



Grit (Angela Duckworth)


There is no more miserable human being, than the one for whom the beginning of every bit of work must be decided anew each day.
page: 140
tags: work planning



Linchpin (Seth Godin)


There is no map, no step-by-step plan, and no way to avoid blame now and then.
page: 68
tags: planning



Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)


Time experience of provisional existence: someone without a clear end to their current situation, a release, cannot plan for the future. Examples of this are imprisonment of unknown duration, unemployment, or terminal illness.
page: 79
tags: planning



Reality is Broken (Jane McGonigal)


"Most of the really bad stuff that's happening right now is the result of very short-term thinking."
page: 301
tags: planning

Our collective inability to focus on negative futures is our culture's biggest blind spot. We are very good at positive thinking, but we tend to avoid articulating worst-case scenarios, which unfortunately makes us more vulnerable to them and less resilient if they occur.
page: 309
tags: planning optimism



The Power of No (James Altucher)


If you plan on being alive in 5 years, you might as well start today.
page: 204
tags: planning