101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
Brianna Wiest
Summary
Essays about emotional intelligence and becoming the best version of yourself you can be
Rating: 4/5
Notes
‘The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way’ - Aurelius
It’s not about changing how you feel, it’s about listening to your emotions
You never know how much of subjective reality is a fabrication because you never experience other than inside your own mind
Focus on getting better but let go of the end goal. You get better, not perfect
The only way to become extraordinary depends on what you do with the ordinary
Be where your feet are
The monster everyone is running from is themselves
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate - Jung
You love in others what you live in yourself. You hate in others what you can’t see in yourself
You create what you believe. You can see what you want. You’ll have what you give.
What we resist, persists (emotions)
Trying to change the external world to be happy is like trying to change the projection on the screen rather than the projection that’s playing it
You don’t need to accomplish anything to be a worthwhile human being
Nothing is as it is, it is as you are
Nobody thinks about you as much as you think about you
You are a book of stories, not a novel
Every relationship you have is with yourself
You must start where you are, you must use what you have and you must do what you can
Pain and happiness are opposite forces within the same function
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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