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“He who is most content with the least has the most,” and “I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.”
― Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
― Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
“My dear, they must always offer something, even if it is small, even if only wine poured at your spring, else they will forget to be grateful, after.”
― Circe
― Circe
“the practice of giving of your time and attention, without expectation of something in return, as a key strategy in professional advancement.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“Every interesting thing I’ve ever done, every important thing I’ve ever done, every beneficial thing I’ve ever done, has been through a cascade of experiments and mistakes and failures,”
― Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
― Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
“Ironically, jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because like flow activities they have built-in goals, feedback rules, and challenges, all of which encourage one to become involved in one’s work, to concentrate and lose oneself in it. Free time, on the other hand, is unstructured, and requires much greater effort to be shaped into something that can be enjoyed.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Akshay’s 2025 Year in Books
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