Selection of ideas I liked from reading books and blogs.
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"gray and yellow road between forest","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-209652" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Ashley on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pexels-photo-209652.jpeg?fit=300%2C190&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pexels-photo-209652.jpeg?fit=1024%2C647&ssl=1">Road Not Taken
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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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"assorted gift boxes on brown wooden floor surface","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-1050244" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pexels-photo-1050244.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pexels-photo-1050244.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Most important takeaway from surprises
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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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"silhouette photography of jump shot of two persons","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="youth-active-jump-happy-40815" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/youth-active-jump-happy-40815.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/youth-active-jump-happy-40815.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Happiness and Expectations
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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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"selective focus photography of pure orange juice","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="fresh-orange-juice-squeezed-refreshing-citrus-158053" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fresh-orange-juice-squeezed-refreshing-citrus-158053.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fresh-orange-juice-squeezed-refreshing-citrus-158053.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Useful and overlooked skill I practice
If you can’t use your legs and they bring you milk when you wanted orange juice, you learn to say ‘that’s all right,’ and drink it. Franklin Delano Roosevelt via Morgan Housel Read more
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"scrabble script on pale green background","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-6005057" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by DS stories on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pexels-photo-6005057.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pexels-photo-6005057.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Good things take time
As I become impatient with a couple of long-term goals that don’t seem to be progressing fast enough, I seek solace from a couple of encouraging perspectives on time: Nearly everything awesome takes longer than you think. Get started and don’t worry about the clock. James Clear Demotivated because of how long it’ll take? Remember the time will pass… Read more
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"pile of cardboard boxes scattered on floor during relocation","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-7203788" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by SHVETS production on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pexels-photo-7203788.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pexels-photo-7203788.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Possessions and Lifestyle
Our possessions should be suited to our bodies and lives, just as our shoes are suited to our feet. Epictetus I recently read The Manual: A Philosopher’s Guide to Life and have been pondering over the above quote from that book. That’s the philosophy I apply when I buy things, from the clothes I wear to my phone and… Read more
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"winding road photography","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-1133505" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Johannes Plenio on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/pexels-photo-1133505.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/pexels-photo-1133505.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Five Years
Five years is a long time. It is much slower than most of us would like. If you accept the reality of slow progress, you have every reason to take action today. If you resist the reality of slow progress, five years from now you’ll simply be five years older and still looking for a shortcut. James… Read more
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"stack of various wooden trunks","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-4947187" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Maria Orlova on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/pexels-photo-4947187.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/pexels-photo-4947187.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Chop wood, carry water
I recently read Carl Richards’s personal finance book The Behavior Gap, in which I came across this quote that struck a chord with me: When the Zen master Wu Li was asked what to do to achieve enlightenment, he responded, “Chop wood, carry water.” When he was asked what to do when you have achieved enlightenment, heresponded,… Read more
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"assorted silver and gold colored coins on gray surface","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-1006060" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Steve Johnson on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-photo-1006060.jpeg?fit=300%2C172&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-photo-1006060.jpeg?fit=1024%2C586&ssl=1">Price of things
Money is often a negative art. What you don’t do can be more important than what you actively do. Everything has a price, and prices aren’t always clear. The price of exercise isn’t just the workout; it’s avoiding the post-workout urge to eat a ton of food. Same in finance. The price of building wealth isn’t just the trouble of… Read more
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Pexels.com<\/a>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"body of water between green leaf trees","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pexels-photo-709552" data-image-description data-image-caption="Photo by Ian Turnell on Pexels.com
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-photo-709552.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/chait.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-photo-709552.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1">Ego vs outcome
When you decouple your ego from a bad outcome, it creates an opportunity for you to learn from it. When you decouple your ego from a good outcome, it saves you from future disasters. Vishal Khandelwal in How to Stop Sabotaging Your Investing In that post Vishal mentions What I learned by losing a million dollars book, which is… Read more