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“The journey starts with a single step—not with thinking about taking a step.”
― The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
― The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
“In the process of learning to walk, did you spend more time falling down or standing up? If you were anything like most babies, you failed (fell) far more than you succeeded (walked). It didn’t matter: you were on the path of mastery.”
― The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
― The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
“Sometimes you need to slow down to go fast.”
― The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
― The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.
The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this.’ That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”
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The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this.’ That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
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