Sometimes change is for the better, and sometimes change isn’t for the better. Modern toilets with a flush are definitely a change for the better. Self-service checkouts are definitely not. Sometimes things are a change for the better and the worse at the same time, like the internet. Or the electric keyboard. Or pre-chopped garlic. Or the theory of relativity. And a life is like that. There’s no need to fear change, or necessarily welcome it, not when you don’t have anything to lose. Change is just what life is. It is the only constant I know.
– How to Stop Time book by Matt Haig
The most important economic events of …
The most important economic events of the future – things that will move the needle the most – are things that history gives us little to no guide about. They will be unprecedented events. Their unprecedented nature means we won’t be prepared for them, which is part of what makes them so impactful. This is true for both scary events like recessions and wars, and great events like innovation.
– The Psychology of Money book by Morgan Housel
If you know what you need …
If you know what you need to do, the next step is simply to do it. Stop waiting. Start taking action.
– The $100 Startup book by Chris Guillebeau
Something happens to a lot of …
Something happens to a lot of good people when they start feeling powerful. As for the bad people, well, power just makes them all the more dangerous.
– On the House book by John Boehner
When you’re high on inspiration, you …
When you’re high on inspiration, you can get two weeks of work done in twenty-four hours. Inspiration is a time machine in that way. Inspiration is a magical thing, a productivity multiplier, a motivator. But it won’t wait for you. Inspiration is a now thing. If it grabs you, grab it right back and put it to work.
– Rework book by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson