“If there is one thing developmental psychologists have learned over the years, it is that parents don’t have to be brilliant psychologists to succeed. They don’t have to be supremely gifted teachers. Most of the stuff parents do with flashcards and special drills and tutorials to hone their kids…”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“Terence J. Tollaksen wrote that his purpose became clearer once he began to recognize the decision trap: an amazingly consistent phenomena whereby ‘big’ decisions turn out to have much less impact on a life as a whole than the myriad of small seemingly insignificant ones.”Tagged: How To Think, Philosophy, Small Life, Humility, Ambition
“I expected most contributors would follow the commencement-speech clichés of our high-achieving culture: dream big; set ambitious goals; try to change the world. In fact, a surprising number of people found their purpose by going the other way, by pursuing the small, happy life.”Tagged: How To Think, Philosophy, Minimalism, Small Life, Joy
“The central fallacy in modern life is that accomplishments can produce deep satisfaction. That's false.”Tagged: How To Think, Philosophy, Advice, Success, Thinking
“The average college GPA for a self-made millionaire is somewhere in the low B range. But at some crucial point in their lives, somebody told them they were too stupid to do something and they set out to prove the bastards wrong.”Tagged: character, Failure, Success, success advice, Advice
“The sensitive person understands that each person's ordeal is unique and should not be compared to anyone else's. Next, they do the practical things: making lunch, dusting the room, washing the towels. They don't try to minimize what is going on. They don't attempt to reassure with false, saccharine…”Tagged: How To Think, Philosophy, character, Thought Leading
“Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the greatest success, which is humility and learning.”Tagged: character, Principle, Philosophy, Thinking, Thought
“Love is the strongest kind of army because it generates no resistance.”Tagged: Philosophy, character, Thinking, Thought
“Self-respect is not the same as self-confidence or self-esteem. Self-respect is not based on IQ or any of the mental or physical gifts that help get you into a competitive college. It is not comparative. It is not earned by being better than other people at something. It is earned by being better…”Tagged: Philosophy, How To Think, character, Self-Development