101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
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- when you choose what you want for the future, you’re actually just recreating a solution or an ideal of the past. When things don’t work out the way you want them to, you think you’ve failed only because you didn’t re-create something you perceived as desirable. In reality, you likely created something better, but foreign, and your brain misinterpreted it as “bad” because of that. (Location 76)
- we’re constantly measuring our present moments by how “finished” they are, how good the story sounds, how someone else would judge the elevator speech. (Location 84)
- Accomplishing goals is not success. How much you expand in the process is. (Location 87)
title: 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
author: Brianna Wiest
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date: 2022-02-15
source: kindle
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101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
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- Author: Brianna Wiest
- Full Title: 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
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- when you choose what you want for the future, you’re actually just recreating a solution or an ideal of the past. When things don’t work out the way you want them to, you think you’ve failed only because you didn’t re-create something you perceived as desirable. In reality, you likely created something better, but foreign, and your brain misinterpreted it as “bad” because of that. (Location 76)
- we’re constantly measuring our present moments by how “finished” they are, how good the story sounds, how someone else would judge the elevator speech. (Location 84)
- Accomplishing goals is not success. How much you expand in the process is. (Location 87)
title: “101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think”
author: “Brianna Wiest”
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date: 2023-12-19
source: kindle
tags: media/books
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
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- Author: Brianna Wiest
- Full Title: 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
- Category:#books
Highlights
- when you choose what you want for the future, you’re actually just recreating a solution or an ideal of the past. When things don’t work out the way you want them to, you think you’ve failed only because you didn’t re-create something you perceived as desirable. In reality, you likely created something better, but foreign, and your brain misinterpreted it as “bad” because of that. (Location 76)
- we’re constantly measuring our present moments by how “finished” they are, how good the story sounds, how someone else would judge the elevator speech. (Location 84)
- Accomplishing goals is not success. How much you expand in the process is. (Location 87)