Top 10 books, top 10 movies, top 10 sayings, to 10 learnings..
A lot of top 10s float around on the web, in the dying weeks of the year. I used to compile my own, but nowadays I don’t have the time. I kind of like the books and movies lists, since you end up discovering a gem or two.
There are other posts that I don’t relish so much, most have to do with leaving the year behind, quasi-motivational stuff and usually cheesy statements on love life and sometimes the lack of it.
So, from the genuine ones, here are a few further below. But before that, here is a random sample from the whole load of books that I read this year.
Elon Musk – by Walter Isaacson
Life 3.0 – by Max Tegmark
Why has nobody told me this before – by Julie Smith
Quiet Power – by Susan Cain
The Polyester Prince – by Hamish McDonald
What is Life – by Erwin Schrödinger
Why Time Flies – by Alan Burdick
Onto the posts!
Reframe Your Day
“Instead of feeling that you lost the day after a bad morning,
Reframe each day as 4 quarters:
• morning
• midday
• afternoon
• evening
If you blow one quarter, just get back on track for the next one.
Fail small, not big.”
Time Billionaires
1 million seconds = 11 days
1 billion seconds = 31 years
We all admire people like Warren Buffet.
But he’s 91 years old.
No matter how much money you have, you can’t buy another billion seconds.
Cherish it.
Willpower is Overrated
Successful people don’t have more willpower.
They build systems to make hard things easier to do.
Compounding
1% better every day for a year = 37,778% gain
1% worse every day for a year = 97% loss
Your daily actions create your future.
The Path Not Taken
Obsess over the past and you forget to invent your own future.
Comparison is the Joy Thief
“To improve, compare little things
• marketing strategies
• exercise technique
• writing tactics
To be miserable, compare big things
• career path
• marriage
• net worth
Comparison is a teacher only when applied narrowly.”