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3-2-1: On comparison, life strategy, and stopping negative thought spirals
Happy 3-2-1 Thursday,
Great books on sale: Today, I want to shine a light on three books from other authors. Each one provides immense value and is currently on sale for $20 or less.
- The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins. One of the highest-rated investing books of all-time. This is one personal finance book that I think everyone should read.
- The 1-Page Marketing Plan by Allan Dib. Highly actionable and easy to understand. If you're trying to figure out how to market your business or product, this book will help you lay out your entire marketing strategy in one page.
- Built From Broken by Scott Hogan. A science-based guide to healing painful joints, preventing injuries, and rebuilding your body. The updated edition comes out in a few days, but I got an early look and it's excellent.
In my opinion, buying any of these is a fantastic use of $20. I hope you find them as useful as I did.
And now, here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week...
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3 Ideas From Me
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"Your first task is to find what feels effortless to you.
Your second task is to put maximum effort into it."
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"Somewhere, at this very moment, someone appears to be doing better than you. Their progress is faster. Perhaps their business grows more quickly or their career is advancing rapidly. Maybe dating is easy for them or their progress in the gym seems to come effortlessly. In any domain, there is always another life that shimmers more than your own.
But comparison is a poor use of energy. You were not meant to inhabit someone else's story. You have your own work to do. The goal is not to beat their life, the goal is to live your life. Keep your eyes on your own paper. Stay on the path and continue forward, even when progress feels slow."
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"Don't ruminate, activate.
I find it is difficult to think my way into a better mood. When I sit and stew, the problem usually grows larger in my mind.
But if I activate — even if it's unrelated to the problem at hand — my mood tends to improve. Action breaks the spell. Move your body, go outside, play an instrument, work in a different room, do something.
Movement changes your state. And when your state changes, your perspective changes. New solutions appear. You notice options that were invisible when your mind was stuck running the same loop."
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2 Quotes From Others
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Entrepreneur and investor Garry Tan on strategy:
"Always play the hand you have, not the one you wish you had."
Source: Twitter
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Writer and scholar C. S. Lewis reminds us that skills are not acquired at a distance, but through participation:
"If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them."
Source: Nearer (Hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan)
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1 Question For You
Which activities, if doubled, would make your life meaningfully better?
Which activities, if halved, would make your life meaningfully better?
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