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whirring beneath our hard-earned expertise is the fact that we know just how hard it is to be a person.
“My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it.”
― Stumbling on Happiness
― Stumbling on Happiness
“Life contains these things: leakage and wickage and discharge, pus and snot and slime and gleet. We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”
― Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
― Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
“Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.”
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession.”
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“Ask yourself: What would the self-talk of a champion be like as he prepared for competition? How would that champion be moving his body around as he prepared? And how would that champion be breathing as he prepared to enter the competition and face his opponent? Then do it. Bring it all together for several minutes prior to your time, and allow yourself to enter into this totally prepared and empowered state before you compete. Get out of your own way. Let your training take over.”
― The Art of Mental Training - A Guide to Performance Excellence
― The Art of Mental Training - A Guide to Performance Excellence
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Mel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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5,015 books
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856 books
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1,274 books
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817 books
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5,579 books
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