“How many things in this life will you experience for the last time? And how do you know? Long before you die, you will cease to have certain experiences—many that you currently take for granted now” —Sam Harris in the Tim Ferriss Show
Productivity
“The best way to be more productive isn’t a task manager, calendar app or one of the many creative tricks that help you stay focused. It’s about finding balance in a world that often discourages rest. Or in other words, if you want to be productive…make time for not worrying about being productive.” —Ashley Martin
Vulnerability
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.” —Brené Brown
Busy
“It’s not enough to be busy. The question is: what are we busy about?” —Henry David Thoreau
Space
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” —Viktor E. Frankl
Be alive
“What you have to decide… is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you’d want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So don’t be afraid. Be alive.” —Sarah Dessen
Perfection
“Have no fear of perfection—you’ll never reach it.” —Salvador Dalí
Dreams
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale
Complaining
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” —Oscar Wilde
Pain
“Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” —Mary Tyler Moore