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Sina Marandian

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: human-potential, success, psychology, motivation, currently-reading

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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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Sina’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - The Two-Million-Copy Bestseller

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - The Two-Million-Copy Bestseller by Greg McKeown

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The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. —Lin Yutang

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Sina’s Quotes

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“Financial peace isn't the acquisition of stuff. It's learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can't win until you do this.”
― Dave Ramsey

tags: personal-finance

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

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“People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe”
― Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

tags: entrepreneurship, marketing

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“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. —Steve Jobs”
― Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?

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