Life and How to Survive It (2008)
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Life and How to Survive It (2008)
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#3I clicked, expecting it to be an audio/video clip that I'd maybe, possibly get around to listening to/watching. Pleasantly surprised to find it was a transcript of the speech instead.
I still put it into Instapaper, though.
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#4I clicked, expecting it to be an audio/video clip that I'd maybe, possibly get around to listening to/watching. Pleasantly surprised to find it was a transcript of the speech instead. I still put it into Instapaper, though.
It feels awesome to know of insights by people who think on the flip side of the coin. This article made me think, Yes this is so true, whatever I see at my workplace... It mirrors like 99% of the things mentioned in the article.
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#5Great line from the article: "So, I became a litigator...If I didn’t do that, I would’ve been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction"
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#6"Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway."
Always loved a similar quote by Thoreau:
"This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and live the life of a poet. He should have gone up the garret at once."
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#7"Be Hated."
I always thought being liked by everyone should be my goal. After reading this, I realized that being hated is is even better.
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#8"Be Hated." I always thought being liked by everyone should be my goal. After reading this, I realized that being hated is is even better.
Yes. Being hated is so much better. And, so is "falling in love," which I thought made for a good balance.
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#9Fantastic read. One sample:
" It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable."
(The Anna Karenina principle, in other words.)
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#10"Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway." Always loved a similar quote by Thoreau: "This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to ma…
How about using 7 years for a life of not needing to work? Seems fair to me...