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Considerations
Few of us take the time to consider. We act according to data acquired by viewing the world from a single perspective: our own. As a result, we don’t always think to ask certain questions that, when answered, may benefit us greatly. We don’t do important things because we never think them worth doing. We don’t assess unfamiliar facets of life, even though such scrutiny might change everything about how we live.
A well-curated collection of perspectives is one of the most valuable assets a person can possess, and the ability to filter those perspectives — to figure out which of them has value for us as individuals, and which are not relevant to our unique beliefs and goals — is vital.
Considerations is about asking questions, attaining new perspectives, figuring out what you believe, and determining how these beliefs can help guide your actions. The book is formatted as a series of over fifty short essays which are intended to spark ideas, questions, and thoughtfulness in those who read them
A well-curated collection of perspectives is one of the most valuable assets a person can possess, and the ability to filter those perspectives — to figure out which of them has value for us as individuals, and which are not relevant to our unique beliefs and goals — is vital.
Considerations is about asking questions, attaining new perspectives, figuring out what you believe, and determining how these beliefs can help guide your actions. The book is formatted as a series of over fifty short essays which are intended to spark ideas, questions, and thoughtfulness in those who read them
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First published October 28, 2014
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February 12, 2018
Colin Wright zei net als The Minimalists gedag tegen zijn kantoorbaan, goede inkomen en grote huis met veel spullen. Zijn relatie stopte en ze organiseerden samen een break-up party om het te vieren. Ze waren uit elkaar gegroeid. Hij startte een blog en liet de bezoekers van zijn blog stemmen waar hij heen moest reizen. Zo reisde hij een aantal jaren de wereld over.
Nu inspireert Colin anderen met zijn boeken en podcast. Je kent hem misschien wel van de documentaire 'Minimalism' op Netflix want ook Colin leeft minimalistisch. 'Considerations' is het eerste boek wat ik van hem las. Het gaat over zijn visie, ideeën en overwegingen.
Twee grootste lessen uit het boek
1. Zet alleen iets door als het op de lange termijn goed voelt.
Van Colin leerde ik dat je met iets mag stoppen als het niet goed voelt. Volharding is goed, maar voor het juiste. Is dit een project wat je niet leuk vindt of waar je steeds maar geen zin in hebt? Stop ermee.
Bloggen is iets wat ik vanaf 2013 met passie doe, en nog steeds. Ik zou er niet meer zonder kunnen leven. Ik zou het niet willen en het zou datgene zijn wat ik ook onbetaald zou blijven doen. Wat is dat voor jou?
2. Het gaat niet om geld verdienen. Het gaat om de vrijheid die je hebt om te doen wat jij wil doen.
Colin schrijft dat succes voor hem eerst geld was en hoeveel hij verdiende. Nu baseert hij het op hoeveel vrijheid hij elke dag heeft, hoe gelukkig hij is en hoeveel waarde hij kan geven aan anderen.
Mijn top vijf markeringen
1. Live your life and allow your goals and priorities to grow as you grow. Otherwise you may find yourself spending all your time running toward a finish line you have no interest in crossing, for no better reason than you told yourself you would cross it someday.
2. Years ago, I measured my success based on how much money I earned each year. Today, I measure it based on a combination of the amount of personal freedom I enjoy, the level of happiness I experience, the amount of value I produce, and numerous other things that are difficult to express and even more difficult to measure.
3. Rather than discounting yourself as a lost cause and wanting to be someone else, the trick is recognizing yourself as an excellent foundation upon which to build whatever you want. Use labels when they help you express yourself, but avoid being constrained by them.
4. Nothing pushes me forward like the knowledge that I’m going to die.
5. We’re taught that it’s good to be right, that we’re superior if we have the answers, and that the person who ‘wins’ an argument has the better worldview. This, of course, is an incredibly silly and ‘schoolyard-logic’ way of looking at the world. It’s a model that is a great fit for reality TV shouting matches, but a terrible fit for people hoping to both learn new things and expose others to what they know. Changing your opinions as new information becomes available is not a weakness, it’s a strength. When a piece of feedback comes your way, ask yourself this question: who is this for? The obvious answer — it’s for you — isn’t always the correct one.
Kijk voor meer boek reviews op http://www.growthinkers.nl
Nu inspireert Colin anderen met zijn boeken en podcast. Je kent hem misschien wel van de documentaire 'Minimalism' op Netflix want ook Colin leeft minimalistisch. 'Considerations' is het eerste boek wat ik van hem las. Het gaat over zijn visie, ideeën en overwegingen.
Twee grootste lessen uit het boek
1. Zet alleen iets door als het op de lange termijn goed voelt.
Van Colin leerde ik dat je met iets mag stoppen als het niet goed voelt. Volharding is goed, maar voor het juiste. Is dit een project wat je niet leuk vindt of waar je steeds maar geen zin in hebt? Stop ermee.
Bloggen is iets wat ik vanaf 2013 met passie doe, en nog steeds. Ik zou er niet meer zonder kunnen leven. Ik zou het niet willen en het zou datgene zijn wat ik ook onbetaald zou blijven doen. Wat is dat voor jou?
2. Het gaat niet om geld verdienen. Het gaat om de vrijheid die je hebt om te doen wat jij wil doen.
Colin schrijft dat succes voor hem eerst geld was en hoeveel hij verdiende. Nu baseert hij het op hoeveel vrijheid hij elke dag heeft, hoe gelukkig hij is en hoeveel waarde hij kan geven aan anderen.
Mijn top vijf markeringen
1. Live your life and allow your goals and priorities to grow as you grow. Otherwise you may find yourself spending all your time running toward a finish line you have no interest in crossing, for no better reason than you told yourself you would cross it someday.
2. Years ago, I measured my success based on how much money I earned each year. Today, I measure it based on a combination of the amount of personal freedom I enjoy, the level of happiness I experience, the amount of value I produce, and numerous other things that are difficult to express and even more difficult to measure.
3. Rather than discounting yourself as a lost cause and wanting to be someone else, the trick is recognizing yourself as an excellent foundation upon which to build whatever you want. Use labels when they help you express yourself, but avoid being constrained by them.
4. Nothing pushes me forward like the knowledge that I’m going to die.
5. We’re taught that it’s good to be right, that we’re superior if we have the answers, and that the person who ‘wins’ an argument has the better worldview. This, of course, is an incredibly silly and ‘schoolyard-logic’ way of looking at the world. It’s a model that is a great fit for reality TV shouting matches, but a terrible fit for people hoping to both learn new things and expose others to what they know. Changing your opinions as new information becomes available is not a weakness, it’s a strength. When a piece of feedback comes your way, ask yourself this question: who is this for? The obvious answer — it’s for you — isn’t always the correct one.
Kijk voor meer boek reviews op http://www.growthinkers.nl
January 26, 2016
A thought-provoking little book full of simple thoughts that get lost in the modern mire of socializing. This isn't a book to read straight through, but to read, absorb, and consider how it affects and alters your mindset and, potentially, your future actions.
November 29, 2018
One of those books where it's best you read an excerpt (one consideration), and then put down the book so you can take a long quiet walk around the block to absorb and reflect on what you just read and how it ties into your life... Simply the best kind of book!
April 2, 2023
“If you want to live a good life, figure out what it is that actually makes you happy and do more of that.”
January 23, 2017
This is another book of slow considerations - ways for us to examine our current patterns of thought, probe for depth and weakness, and, if we choose, discuss these concepts with friends.
Some good quotes:
"One distinction between high-performers and those who tend to lurk around the middle or subaverage is that the former are willing to expend energy to pursue that which they're not told to pursue, and that which may be nothing."
"It's not your responsibility to want the life that others want for you, and it's not your responsibility to take on responsibilities that don't sync with how you want to live. Keep that in mind, and be very intentional about what burdens you decide to bear."
"Developing the ability to do the same things over and over is time well spent. Repetition helps you improve existing skills, while also building towards innovative leaps. The value of being able to consciously and expertly repeat the same steps, the same exercises, and the same processes recurrently when warranted cannot be overstated."
"A rationally held belief is a beautiful thing, and taking the time to understand what you believe brings a sense of calm to your life that is nearly impossible to get any other way. That sense of calm is derived from knowing that you're acting morally, according to your standards; standards that you understand on a deep level."
Some good quotes:
"One distinction between high-performers and those who tend to lurk around the middle or subaverage is that the former are willing to expend energy to pursue that which they're not told to pursue, and that which may be nothing."
"It's not your responsibility to want the life that others want for you, and it's not your responsibility to take on responsibilities that don't sync with how you want to live. Keep that in mind, and be very intentional about what burdens you decide to bear."
"Developing the ability to do the same things over and over is time well spent. Repetition helps you improve existing skills, while also building towards innovative leaps. The value of being able to consciously and expertly repeat the same steps, the same exercises, and the same processes recurrently when warranted cannot be overstated."
"A rationally held belief is a beautiful thing, and taking the time to understand what you believe brings a sense of calm to your life that is nearly impossible to get any other way. That sense of calm is derived from knowing that you're acting morally, according to your standards; standards that you understand on a deep level."
December 6, 2014
Similar to his other non-fiction writing, Considerations by Colin Wright is a short book filled with what seems like basic knowledge we should all be well aware of. But the ideas and concepts expressed in Colin's work seem to have gotten lost in our modern world and are worth a reminder from the time to time. What's here is not complicated or unheard of, but it is insightful and thoughtful.
As Colin himself writes, for the price of a cup of coffee you can pick up this book that has more thought provoking material than other bigger budget pieces. If you enjoy short, thoughtful writing that can inspire you maybe think differently about the world around you, I highly recommend Considerations as well as Colin' other gem, How To Be Remarkable. These are the types of books that deserve a spot on your bookshelf and ones that you will actually pickup and read again.
As Colin himself writes, for the price of a cup of coffee you can pick up this book that has more thought provoking material than other bigger budget pieces. If you enjoy short, thoughtful writing that can inspire you maybe think differently about the world around you, I highly recommend Considerations as well as Colin' other gem, How To Be Remarkable. These are the types of books that deserve a spot on your bookshelf and ones that you will actually pickup and read again.
May 27, 2015
I went to see the remarkable Colin Wright speak during a reading in Victoria. He impressed me - his youth was disarming, and his wisdom deep. So, I bought a book.
This is a book of short essays (a few pages at most) that examine thoughts about life, priorities, dilemmas, fashion and everything else you can imagine. Some of the essays really resonated and I found myself thinking about them over the next few days. But, none of them went far enough to really get deeply into examining a subject. If anything, like the title suggests, they were merely starting places for larger thoughts. Considerations.
This is a book of short essays (a few pages at most) that examine thoughts about life, priorities, dilemmas, fashion and everything else you can imagine. Some of the essays really resonated and I found myself thinking about them over the next few days. But, none of them went far enough to really get deeply into examining a subject. If anything, like the title suggests, they were merely starting places for larger thoughts. Considerations.
June 17, 2015
This is an extremely well written and to the point collection of thought provoking essays on a wide range of topics. They way Colin takes a single word, and then expands on what that word means to him, and how it is interpreted in society is amazing and quite deep. This is the kind of book where you will read some of the chapters over and over again as you find they apply to you so well. There was more than once when I sat straight up in my chair while reading this gem as if Colin was talking directly to me.
October 21, 2015
Expect not a collection of essays, but rather a batch of progressive thinking prompts. As with a daily reflection booklet, you get just a tidbit of a principle in each "chapter," concisely discussed, leaving you to connect the dots into practical steps (if you choose). It's spare and minimalistic, but smart and gently thought-provoking. Content-wise, it reflects Colin's balanced/dynamic approach to life: being ever-open to newness, growth, and lifestyle experiments while remaining grounded in deep-rooted (yet ever-evolving) personal values.
June 7, 2015
There is much to consider here, and I enjoyed the journey from one thing to the next. I considered certain things more than others, agreed with Colin on a lot, but not everything, and expanded my views on a few. I liked the writing and look forward to reading more of his work.
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