Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts

Friday, July 28, 2023

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Study successful investors, and you'll notice a common denominator: they are masters of psychology. They can't control the market but they have complete control over the grey matter between the ears." - Morgan Housel

"Work is the only good thing." - John Steinbeck

"I have a flat stomach. It's just that the 'L' is silent." - Anonymous

"You are tough when your mood is not dependent on your conditions." - James Clear

Friday, January 27, 2023

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How Beautiful We Were. An example of how gifted Gerard wrote. 

- Sinclair's sports channels prepare for bankruptcy. This is bad news for sports TV rights and for smaller market teams in general. An ongoing story to keep an eye on.

- How Tim Ferriss changed (and continues to impact) how people look at "work," 

- The definition of a badass

Sunday, October 09, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Tell me what you know. Tell me what you don't know. Only then can you tell me what you think. Always keep these three things separate." - Colin Powell

"What you owe yourself is to work for your living; what you owe your neighbor is not to interfere with his work." - Ayn Rand

"I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire." - Winston Churchill

"Forgiveness of the present is even more important than forgiveness of the past. If you forgive every moment - allow it to be as it is - then there will be no accumulation of resentment that needs to be forgiven at some later time." - Eckhart Tolle

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Work is the only good thing." - John Steinbeck

 "Be aware there are no 'adults.' Everyone makes it up as they go along. You have to find your own path, picking, choosing, and discarding as you see fit. Figure it out yourself, and do it." - Naval Ravikant

"I have a flat stomach. It's just that the 'L' is silent." - Anonymous

"You are tough when your mood is not dependent on your conditions." - James Clear

Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Love Mike Rowe

And many of these poorly educated people have college degrees. 

Via Some It's Just as Well

Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Cows Don't Give Milk

What a great story - something that should be shared by every parent to every child.

Probably only slightly related but the story immediately made me think of the AJ Jacobs book Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey in which the author sets out to thank every single person involved in producing his morning coffee.