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My Writing

Writing about my latest thoughts and interests.

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October 2023 Lessons – Taking Time For Tiny Moments
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I’ve selected some to share with you: “It took a long time to get ahead. I will say, in retrospect, I'm glad it took so long because it was interesting.” - Charlie Munger […]
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September 2023 Lessons – This Is Water
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I’ve selected some to share with you: "Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind." - Aristotle “At your birth a seed is […]
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August 2023 Lessons – Don’t Be A Donkey
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I’ve selected some to share with you: "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Thinking is not only hard – it’s the […]
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July 2023 Lessons – Cabeza. Corazón. Cojones.
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I’ve selected some to share with you: Cabeza. Corazón. Cojones. - Carlos Alcaraz "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou “There’s no one in the […]
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June 2023 Lessons – A Happy Life
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I’ve selected some to share with you: 1. "Clear writing gives poor thinking nowhere to hide." — Source 2. "A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships." […]
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May 2023 Lessons – Competence Over Credentials
Each month I keep a list of thoughts, ideas, opinions, and insights that I come across and find interesting. From this list I've selected some to share with you: “Competence over credentials.” - James Clear “A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” ― Hunter S. […]