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“The story I'm making up is . . .” creates a space between the self and the truth, and in this way we are using language a little more accurately in terms of describing the world and our place in it.”
― Chris Niebauer, The No Self, No Problem Workbook: Exercises & Practices from Neuropsychology and Buddhism to Help You Lose Your Mind

“I call this the Relativistic Weekend Effect. We live in the present, but our happiness relies heavily on the future. Our mood is as much expectation as experience.”
― Hugh Howey, Beacon 23

“The four foundations of mindfulness are the body (breathing, changes in posture, activities), feelings (the senses of pleasantness, unpleasantness, and neutrality), the mind (in particular, its moods and attitudes), and the objects of mind (which include the five senses but also other mental states, such as volition, tranquility, rapture, equanimity, and even mindfulness itself).”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“Financial Issues People with self-control issues will either not have a budget or have pretty hard time sticking to one. They’re easily swayed by their impulses and sweet discounts on stuff they don’t even need.”
― Markus A. Kassel, Iron-Clad Self-Discipline: Daily Habits to Resist Temptation and Build the Willpower to Achieve Your Long Term Goals:

“Not that it’s easy to always be in a good mood, but positivity can be cultivated at any point. A simple “I can do this” or even “I want to be able to eventually do this” can go a long way in getting your mind to the right place to want to exercise willpower.”
― Markus A. Kassel, Iron-Clad Self-Discipline: Daily Habits to Resist Temptation and Build the Willpower to Achieve Your Long Term Goals:

“Take some serious you-time and come up with a goal for every part of your life: social, romantic, personal, career, and any other significant aspect of your being.”
― Markus A. Kassel, Iron-Clad Self-Discipline: Daily Habits to Resist Temptation and Build the Willpower to Achieve Your Long Term Goals:

“SMART stands for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound.”
― Markus A. Kassel, Iron-Clad Self-Discipline: Daily Habits to Resist Temptation and Build the Willpower to Achieve Your Long Term Goals:

“I plan to lose 50 pounds by this time next year by continuing to eat healthy and by working out 3-4 times per week.”
― Markus A. Kassel, Iron-Clad Self-Discipline: Daily Habits to Resist Temptation and Build the Willpower to Achieve Your Long Term Goals:

“Success is a simple equation: Happiness + Constant Improvement + Contribution = Success.”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Minimalism: Essential Essays

“A man can’t walk out of his own story. Secure your own mask before assisting others. There’s a bright spot in every shadow. The bitter allows me to appreciate the sweet. Don’t drown in conformity. Only your actions prove your worth: they tell people who you are.”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Minimalism: Essential Essays

“Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

“Stoicism says you can thrive in life—no matter your circumstances.”
― Matthew Van Natta, The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity

“One of our greatest challenges in changing habits is maintaining awareness of what we are actually doing.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“I tell you, you only have to learn to live like the healthy person does . . . living with complete confidence. What confidence? The only one worth holding, in what is trustworthy, unhindered, and can’t be taken away—your own reasoned choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.26.23b–24”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“Nothing sustains motivation better than belonging to the tribe. It transforms a personal quest into a shared one.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

“Being curious is better than being smart. Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“virtue—made up as it is of justice, honesty, discipline, and courage—is the only thing worth striving for.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“Philosophy is spiritual formation, care of the soul. Some need more care than others, just as some have a better metabolism or were born taller than others. The more forgiving and tolerant you can be of others—the more you can be aware of your various privileges and advantages—the more helpful and patient you will be.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“But can you be fully content with your life, can you bravely face what life has in store from one day to the next, can you bounce back from every kind of adversity without losing a step, can you be a source of strength and inspiration to others around you? That’s Stoic joy—the joy that comes from purpose, excellence, and duty. It’s a serious thing—far more serious than a smile or a chipper voice.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“No fear. Now is for laughing. The truth is a joke and they’re good in Supply. —Walk”
― Hugh Howey, The Silo Saga Omnibus

“You become the sum of your actions, and as you do, what flows from that—your impulses—reflect the actions you’ve taken. Choose wisely.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic

“If you give things more time and energy than they deserve, they’re no longer lesser things. You’ve made them important by the life you’ve spent on them. And sadly, you’ve made the important things—your family, your health, your true commitments—less so as a result of what you’ve stolen from them.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“Freedom is essential…but the most essential freedom is the freedom from fear. Our job is to fight to make sure the vulnerable are protected and can live without fear. Because they are us and we are them.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“We can still live well without becoming slaves to luxury. And we don’t need to make decisions that force us to continue to work and work and work and drift further from study and contemplation in order to get more money to pay for the things we don’t need.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“John D. Rockefeller, who was as rich as they come, believed that “a man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on $10 and has everything he desires, he really is rich.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“Your hidden power is your ability to use reason and make choices, however limited or small. Think about the areas of your life where you are under duress or weighed down by obligation. What are the choices available to you, day after day? You might be surprised at how many there actually are. Are you taking advantage? Are you finding the positives?”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“One way to protect yourself from the swings of fate—and from the emotional vertigo that can result—is by living within your means now. So today, we can try to get used to having and surviving on less so that if we are ever forced to have less, it would not be so bad.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“Overconfidence is a great weakness and a liability. But if you are already humble, no one will need to humble you—and the world is much less likely to have nasty surprises in store for you. If you stay down to earth, no one will need to bring you—oftentimes crushingly so—back down.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

“We want divine intervention so that our lives will magically be easier. But what about asking for fortitude and strength so you can do what you need to do?”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living