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I’m convinced, in any case, that it is from this position of not feeling as though you need to earn your weeks on the planet that you can do the most genuine good with them. Once you no longer feel the stifling pressure to become a particular kind of person, you can confront the personality, the strengths and weaknesses, the talents and enthusiasms you find yourself with, here and now, and follow where they lead.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
Oppose convention because that’s how things were. Slavery was a convention. Human sacrifice was a convention. Denying human rights to women was a convention. Some day our current conventions will seem as wrong as these.
Make a short list of your favorite software applications and a list of the ones you just despise. How much does aesthetics play a role in your choices? Consider what aspects of your work and home life target L-mode. What aspects of your work and home life target R-mode? Do you feel they are in balance? If not, what will you do differently? Keep a doodle pad on your desk (and in your car, with your laptop, by your bed), and use it. In addition, keep something on your person for 24×7 note taking (which may or may not be paper/pen based).
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
Andy Hunt
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