We took many things apart, and put some of them back together.
“If there is an upside to that terrible disease, it’s that cancer forces deep reflection, causing you to think about purpose and meaning in your life.”
― Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
― Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
“If we could be truly excellent at only one thing, what would it be?”
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
“creativity is like discovering that you’ve been driving a car with the emergency brake on—and suddenly experiencing what it feels like when you release the brake and can drive freely.”
― Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
― Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
“Multitasking itself is not the enemy of Essentialism; pretending we can “multifocus” is.”
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
“GIVE ME SIX HOURS TO CHOP DOWN A TREE AND I WILL SPEND THE FIRST FOUR SHARPENING THE AXE. —Attributed to Abraham Lincoln”
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Juan’s 2025 Year in Books
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