An active reader strategically catalogs his learning so he can benefit others in the future. You should always be preparing. Collect stories, quotes, and ideas as you read because you never know what the future holds. When opportunity arises, it’s too late to prepare.
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Everything we read produces a ripple effect in our thinking, affecting all of our perceptions thereafter.
Ten years from now, we will look at taking away your access to a virtual world as wholly inappropriate. Virtual worlds will be essential to our intellectual capacity, the same way that we regard childhood and education. We move to cities so we can engage with a broader set of diverse people. We will move to virtual worlds for the same reason. They will be the biggest cities.
Try interacting with everyone as if they are enlightened and trying to teach us something. Every encounter becomes a learning experience.
You always have three options… You can: (1) change it, (2) accept it, or (3) leave it.
Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
You must be interested to be interesting.
When in doubt, remember: At the end of the day, you get to do whatever the fuck you want.
Having problems isn’t a problem. Thinking that having problems is a problem is a problem.
When the great Muhammad Ali was asked how many sit-ups he did, he responded, “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts. That’s what makes you a champion.”