Hi, it’s me Waldi!
Here’s what’s new:
I wrote about the benefits of practicing when others quit.
I didn’t receive any direct feedback on last weeks’ newsletter but many of you clicked on some of the links included. So, I think you like the format and I’ll keep it for now. You can always let me know what you think by replying to this mail.
And here are this week’s ideas, insights, and wisdom for a better life:
I’m not able to stop thinking about the insights in Naval’s recent podcast episode about happiness. You’ll likely want to listen to this repeatedly. It’s that good.
Since I’ve first listened to “Arise” by“ The Siege (YouTube) I’ve listened to all their songs and created a custom playlist for their songs that’s running almost every day. It’s great.
I really enjoy Oliver Burkemanns's articles on his blog “The Imperfectionist” lately. This one, about morning pages, might get you into the habit of capturing your thoughts on paper.
Learning about any philosophy can be a daunting task. That’s why Louis Pereira’s 500-word article on stoicism is the perfect primer to get into this ancient philosophy.
If you summarize a lot of information, Tiago Forte’s article on How to Distill Ideas may make you faster at it.
In her article about the value of time, Polina Marinova analyzes the popular musical Hamilton and writes about why time is our most valuable resource.
If you wonder why you should put your reps in, read Austin Kleon’s post on why quantity leads to quality.
A quote to ponder this week:
“So you must not think a man has lived long because he has white hair and wrinkles: he has not lived long, just existed long. … They [people] are trifling with life's most precious commodity, being deceived because it is an intangible thing, not open to inspection and therefore reckoned very cheap - in fact, almost without any value. ... But nobody works out the value of time: men use it lavishly as if it cost nothing.”
- Seneca in On the Shortness of Life
Until next week,
Waldi
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