Last month I finished reading Bonds That Make Us Free by Terry Warner. Though I found it repetitive in some spots, overall I liked it. My favorite concept from the book was that you are currently in the “Best of All Possible Situations.”
This idea might be traced to Søren Kierkegaard’s parable of The Two Artists:
Suppose [...]
I received a phone call that impressed me. It was like this:
“Richard, I’m afraid I can’t help with the project like we had planned. Some things have come up, and I no longer have the time. I just wanted to let you know. If I can help in the future, I’ll call you again.”
Flakiness is [...]
I recently read similar passages from two very different books.
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss, chapter 5, “The End of Time Management”:
Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness [...]
On my flight from SLC to OAK I read James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh. It’s over 100 years old, but I found it very timely and inspirational.
“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,” not only embraces the whole of a man’s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out [...]
I’m impressed by the idea that the steady pursuit of small things can have great consequences.
Rudy Giuliani noted that crime in New York City decreased when they began enforcing the “petty” crimes: “If you want to change big things, you pay attention to small things.” (Via 37Signals.com.)
The Book of Mormon prophet Alma similarly noted that [...]