Christopher Luu

“The truth is someone is earning a living doing the thing you’re passionate about—doing the thing you obsessively love. But they just got lucky! Well, maybe some of them got lucky, and maybe some were at the right place at the right time, but even luck has a recipe for continued success. Plus, there are thousands of people pursuing your passion (and making a good living from it) who didn’t get lucky, who didn’t achieve stardom or get everything they wanted overnight. They put in a ton of work, experienced debilitating failures and losses, and obsessively followed that beacon of passion until they were able to call it their full-time mission. Why not learn from those people? If you want to learn how to turn your passion into your mission, the fastest, most efficient way is to emulate someone already doing it. It’s called modeling,”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

“Like every new skill, mastering your morning routine will take some time. Review any notes or highlights you made while reading this book, and follow our simple process: Write down your new routine. Be as specific as necessary. (For example, “go to the bathroom” may not require further detail.) Use waking up as the trigger to begin your morning routine, with each subsequent element of your routine reminding you to start on the next element. Start small—a five-minute workout is less intimidating than a half-hour session. Give yourself small rewards after completing the hardest parts of your routine. Give each new element you bring into your morning routine a fair shot. Trying something for just a couple of days before giving up isn’t enough. Though opinion varies on how long it takes for something to become a habit, we suggest you give each new element at least a one- or two-week trial to see how you like it.”
― Benjamin Spall, My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired

“Thankfully, there are better ways to answer the What do you do? question. We have found people are programmed to ask this question without giving it any thought; it’s not much different from asking How are you doing? So the best thing to do is to get the other person to actually think about the mindless question they just posited. When presented with this question, the two of us tend to answer with another question, such as, “That’s a rather expansive question. What do you mean by it?” or “That’s an expansive question; perhaps we could discuss it over a cup of coffee.” Another way to answer this question is by stating what you’re passionate about, instead of spouting off what your vocation is.”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life

“don’t make organizing your Second Brain into yet another heavy obligation. Ask yourself: “What is the smallest, easiest step I can take that moves me in the right direction?”
― Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential