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“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.”
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“If I only had three words of advice, they would be, Tell the Truth. If got three more words, I'd add, all the time.”
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“If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people… Just by lengthening the time horizon, you can engage in endeavors that you could never otherwise pursue”
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“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
The Reasons Why you wrote your book or books
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People write books for many reasons, so why did you write yours?
Shivendra’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Shivendra’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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