“Admitting mistakes, first to ourselves, and then to others, allows us to channel our energies into self-improvement rather than waste them on covering up our human frailties.”
You’ll Make the Same Mistakes Until You Acknowledge Them
10 Daily Mindsets and Habits to Help You Write a Book
“Nearly all writing is influenced by other people’s work. Finding your unmistakable voice is often the results of borrowing ingredients from other people and coming up with your recipes.”
To Produce Great Work, You Must Consume Great Work
“The consumers’ philosophy is simple: if you want to increase the quality of your work — your output — you must increase the level of your inputs.”
22 Weird but Profound Life Lessons
“Don’t let a quick decision ruin everything you’ve built for yourself. Keep saying no to things that don’t serve you.”
How Cancelling Everyone’s Student Debt Could Help the Economy
“If the government were to forgive all the student debt it owns (which makes up more than 90 percent of all outstanding student debt), and bought out all private holders of such debt, a surge in consumer demand — and thus, employment and economic growth — would ensue.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Find joy in everything you choose to do. It’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.” — Chuck Palahniuk
12 Rules for Life, According to a Woman Who Just Turned 45-Years-Old
“Always order one extra dish at a restaurant, an unfamiliar one. You might like it, which would be splendid. If you don’t like it, all you lost was a couple of bucks.”
How to Create a Schedule That Works for You
“The most successful people consistently get their most important work done first.”
The Difference Between Being Non-Racist and Anti-Racist
“You going to bed with a clear conscience is not going to stop college kids from getting assaulted. You thinking climate change is terrible is not going to stop climate change.”
How to Challenge Your Own Ideas of Failure
“When you make a mistake you have two choices. One is you can accept that the final product is gonna be flawed, and maybe no one will ever see it but you will always see there’s a little hole right there. The other alternative is to start over. And either of those options is totally fine.”