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Cartas a Lucilio: Epístolas escogidas

by Seneca

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The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide by Leah Buley

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Users almost always prefer a simple product with fewer features executed extremely well over a feature-bloated product with a lot of capabilities that are executed only marginally well.

El libro que tu cerebro no quiere leer: Cómo reeducar el cerebro para ser más feliz y vivir con plenitud

by David del Rosario

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“Don’t just sit there. Do something. The answers will follow.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

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“I have tried to live my life such that in the hour of my death i would feel joy rather than fear
Witold Pilecki”
― Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

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“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

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“When it comes to meditation, though, the goal and the journey are the same thing.”
― Andy Puddicombe, Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day

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“To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action;”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

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