3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“Take all the energy you spend on…
- worrying about the past
- worrying about the future
- worrying about what others think
- worrying about if you might fail
… and channel that energy into one useful action within your control.”
II.
“Stories of failure resonate more than stories of success. Few people reach the top, but everyone has failed—including those who eventually succeed. If you're teaching people how to succeed in a given field (or talking about your own success), start with how you failed.”
III.
“Success is largely the failures you avoid.
- Health is the injuries you don't sustain.
- Wealth is the purchases you don't make.
- Happiness is the objects you don't desire.
- Peace of mind is the arguments you don't engage.
Avoid the bad to protect the good.”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Banker and archaeologist John Lubbock on the value of downtime:
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
Source: The Use of Life
II.
English teacher Elizabeth Stone on how becoming a parent changes you:
“It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Source: A Boy I Once Knew
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Who do you secretly envy—and what does that reveal about what you truly value?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Creator of the 3-2-1 Newsletter
Cofounder of Authors Equity
p.s. Vet etiquette.
