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All from my favorite thinker and author Morgan Housel. Gosh, that’s me too! I’m at the stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even if you say 1+1=5, you’re right. Have fun. Keanu Reeves via Smart Things Smart People Said I think there is a lot of value in focusing more to develop smarts than… Read more
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We can all be on our best behavior for a little while, but the longer while tells the truth. Jason Fried — Company culture is the last 50 days Read more
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This week I really struggled to start my workouts. I ate pizza on Monday, and slacked off on Tuesday for no reason. I finally did an upper body workout today (Wednesday). I normally get one workout done by Tuesday. I will complete two more workouts this week before I board a flight to Asia on Sunday. But it dawned on me… Read more
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You should never look down the road not taken. Because that road never leads to where you think it should. Never Look Down the Road Not Taken by Nick Maggiulli Read more
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Why do you blog? Read more
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I didn’t quite understand the meaning of quite until learned this from my coworkers a few years ago: “quite good” in America 🇺🇸: really good, very good, totally awesome “quite good” in the UK 🇬🇧: fairly good, actually not that good really Read more
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Whenever we are surprised by something, even if we admit that we made a mistake, we say, ‘Oh I’ll never make that mistake again.’ But, in fact, what you should learn when you make a mistake because you did not anticipate something is that the world is difficult to anticipate. That’s the correct lesson to learn from… Read more
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Today is the last day of my 30s. Life is rarely all good or all bad, but I am so thankful that my life and work experience of the last decade turned out largely in my favor. I owe a huge part of it to my family, moving to this country and working for my current employer. I… Read more
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What actually brings happiness is the contrast between what you have now and whatever you were just doing. When you realize how powerful expectations are, you put as much effort into keeping them low as you do into improving your circumstances. Happiness, contentment, joy … all of those things come from experiencing a gap between expectations… Read more
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This week I exercised Mon, Wed and Fri. And I walked for an hour on Thursday. I bought and returned the Bose Smart Soundbar 900. It is not an impulse purchase— I have been contemplating it for a few months. But when we got it home this weekend and set it up, the sound output didn’t meet our expectations,… Read more