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All Highlights
All Highlights
“But quick as memories come, they are rewritten, altered by the knowledge that you knew then how little time we had. And soon this knowing starts to seep through my whole mind, like ink in water, tainting every memory I have of you, darkening the tone of my whole childhood. I thought that I had mourned you fully. That there would be no more mourning left to do. But this is a fresh, graveside grief, raw and untamed, that doesn’t so much slip under the door as burst through it, demanding my attention.”
—Hazel Hayes, Better by Far. Highlighted
# grief # heartache # relationships # memory # liminal-space
“Many huge achievements are just the result of little actions done persistently over time.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# habits
“Goals don’t improve your future. Goals only improve your present actions. A good goal makes you take action immediately. A bad goal doesn’t. A goal shows what’s right and wrong. What moves you towards your goal is right. What doesn’t is wrong.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# growth # goals
“When talking with people, ask deep open-ended questions — like “What’s your biggest regret?” — that will lead to unexpected stories.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# vulnerability # honesty
“Put yourself into stressful situations. Eventually, almost nothing will seem stressful.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# self-experiments
“But your future self shouldn’t be bound to what your past self predicted. So never make plans.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# self-concept
“When you’re really learning, you’ll feel stupid and vulnerable — like a hermit crab between shells.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# learning # growth # vulnerability
“Rules must be absolutely unbreakable. If you try to decide, each time, whether it’s OK to break the rule or not, then you’ve missed the whole point of rules. Rules are to save you from deciding. That’s why hard rules are easier to keep.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# self-experiments
“Pity people who can’t enjoy anything less than the best.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# minimalism
“Practice being uncomfortable, even in small ways. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Skip eating for a day, or sugar for a month. Go light-weight camping for a week. Befriend discomfort so that you’ll never fear it.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# vulnerability
“Own as little as possible. When you realize you’re dependent on something, get rid of it to prove you don’t need it. The less you have, the less you have to lose.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# minimalism
“No matter how honest you are, there’s always more honest.”
—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
# honesty # vulnerability

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