You need context too: 120mph in a forty-year-old 911 feels pretty fast; 150 in a modern 911 feels like you are probably doing 80. Newer cars can make the driver feel isolated from the experience. You don’t really smell them; you don’t
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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
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“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle”
― High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle”
― High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
“The committed person doesn’t play by the rules of the game. He is responsible for the game. If the rules of the game stand in the way of achieving the vision, he will find ways to change the rules.”
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
― The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
“ROUTINE, IN AN INTELLIGENT MAN, IS A SIGN OF AMBITION. —W. H. Auden”
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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