3-2-1: Mistakes, the ideal form of work, and mixing suffering with reflection

Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!

Here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week.

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"Make mistakes, just don't make them permanent."

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"The ideal form of work feels like play, but still accomplishes something useful and valuable.

Joyful for you. Helpful to others."

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III.

"If you're unwilling to adapt to the future, you'll justify the past."

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I.

Author and futurist Robert Anton Wilson on the size of a person:

"You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you."

Source: Nature's God​

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Aviator and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the importance of mixing suffering with reflection:

"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other factors combined, if the circumstances are right, can teach and can lead to rebirth."

Source: Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead​

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Here's a simple question to ask before jumping into "all the work" you have to do:

What will happen if I don't do this?

It's remarkable how many things can be eliminated from your to-do list.

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Until next week,

James Clear
​Author of the #1 worldwide bestseller, Atomic Habits​
Creator of the Habit Journal​

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p.s. I would spend an unreasonable amount of time doing this.

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