Ion

“A great work ethic isn’t about working whenever you’re called upon. It’s about doing what you say you’re going to do, putting in a fair day’s work, respecting the work, respecting the customer, respecting coworkers, not wasting time, not creating unnecessary work for other people, and not being a bottleneck. Work ethic is about being a fundamentally good person that others can count on and enjoy working with.”
― Jason Fried, It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work

“My recommendation: don’t be special; don’t be unique. Redefine your metrics in mundane and broad ways. Choose to measure yourself not as a rising star or an undiscovered genius. Choose to measure yourself not as some horrible victim or dismal failure. Instead, measure yourself by more mundane identities: a student, a partner, a friend, a creator.
The narrower and rarer the identity you choose for yourself, the more everything will seem to threaten you. For that reason, define yourself in the simplest and most ordinary ways possible.This often means giving up some grandiose ideas about yourself: that you’re uniquely intelligent, or spectacularly talented, or intimidatingly attractive, or especially victimized in ways other people could never imagine. This means giving up your sense of entitlement and your belief that you’re somehow owed something by this world.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“Încă nu-mi dau seama ce vrea de la mine, dar nici eu nu sunt cel mai orientat om din lume, așa că-i ordon minții mele să-i ordone corpului meu să nu mai simtă paranoia în mușchi. Nu ești în pădure și nu ești un animal hăituit. Ai fost mai demult, acum douăzeci de mii de ani. Dar nu mai ești.”
― Lavinia Braniște, Escapada

“For Fate/ The willing leads, the unwilling drags along.”
― Seneca, Letters from a Stoic