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Sunday, 28 September
Two thoughts from Booth Tarkington
“Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.”
“Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.”
Monday, 29 September
Two thoughts from Baruch Spinoza
“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.”
“No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.”
Tuesday, 30 September
Two thoughts from Antonio Damasio
“We are not thinking machines that feel, we are feeling machines that think.”
“Willpower is just another name for the idea of choosing long-term outcomes rather than short-term ones.”
Wednesday, 1 October
Two thoughts from Allan Dib
“Tactics without strategy leads to the ‘bright shiny object syndrome.’”
“Knowing and not doing is the same as not knowing. You need to make the mistakes, risk looking foolish and invest in yourself and your business.”
Thursday, 2 October
Two thoughts from François de La Bruyère
“The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.”
“A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.”
Friday, 3 October
Two thoughts from Johann Hari
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
“I wondered if the motto for our era should be: I tried to live, but I got distracted.”
Saturday, 4 October
Two thoughts from Oliver James
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out?”
“Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for.”
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Dear Jim,
Great quotes as always! Some of my faves this time:
Booth Tarkington:
“Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.”
Antonio Damasio:
“We are not thinking machines that feel, we are feeling machines that think.”
“Willpower is just another name for the idea of choosing long-term outcomes rather than short-term ones.”
Johann Hari:
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
“I wondered if the motto for our era should be: I tried to live, but I got distracted.”
Oliver James:
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out?”
“Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for.”
Thanks for sharing!
Love
Myq