“I invite you to redirect awareness to the space between your hands, the space between you and the next person you see, the space between any objects in front of you now. There is so much space that there are infinite variations of this practice, and you don't have to leave Earth to experience it. One practice is to look outward into the night sky and focus on the space between things. There is something about space that slows the mind, since the mind has no way to understand it because it has no content and no container.”
― No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism
― No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism
“It's not the big things that add up in the end; it's the hundreds, thousands, or millions of little things that separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.”
― The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
― The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
“There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest values. You've got to want something, and know why you want it, or you'll end up giving up too easily.”
― The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
― The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
“Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”
― The Compound Effect
― The Compound Effect
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