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Do You Regret the Choices You Didn’t Make?
Mario Peshev
April 16, 2024
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
The Weight of Unmade Decisions
Comedian and author, Trevor Noah, on the impact of regret.
"I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer.
Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. ‘What if…’ ‘If only…’ ‘I wonder what would have…’ You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days."
Source: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
The Power of Persistence
Habit expert, James Clear, on consistent effort.
"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it—but all that had gone before."
Source: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Breaking Free from Mental Constraints
Clinical psychologist, Jordan B. Peterson, on overcoming limitations.
"When you are tightly boxed in or cornered—all too often by your own stubborn and fixed adherence to some unconsciously worshipped assumptions—all there is to help you is what you have not yet learned."
Source: Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
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