It was popularized by Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 80’s. An NBA basketball game is played in 48-minutes. But it is the last 5 minutes that are most crucial. The first 43 is to stay in it and last 5 are to take it away.
Sometimes, we forget, through all the noise, the moment it is time to execute.
It’s the moment when we wake up in the morning and feel that we have to produce a certain amount of output, a certain amount of work, to feel justified in our existence.
The problem with debt is that it spirals quickly. In a culture that has centered money in exchange for work, this can have negative psychological consequences over time.
For instance, you now tie your worth around something you do to pay for groceries. And if you don’t, society will frown and ask what is wrong with you.
When looking around for things to do to be productive, it isn’t easy to simply turn this off. In the long run, we fall into burnout—not the feeling of being overworked and overtired, but the dreadful feeling of, no matter how hard I try, I don’t move anywhere.
HT Ezra Klein
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The greatest threats in the Wasatch isn’t bears. It isn’t an avalanche. It continues to be things like breathing in poor air.
We become so used to something that is so determint to our health, that it is adventageuos for those who pollute it to keep our focus on something else that we can “control.”
Ideological politics divides us. We have so much more in common then we realize. Regardless on which side of the aisle you fall in.
Because it is, those with money and power, and those without.
Making a choice that benefits someone else, perhaps someone not even born, that is against our nature.
The default setting isn’t to think about ourselves. Of course, it wasn’t always this way. We can find examples in the Bible or in the marines. The emphasis then is to lose oneself for something greater than ourelves. And this is how we create zealots as well.
It seems to me there needs to be a balance we need to strike. The ability to lose oneself when we hit the limits of “me.” At the same time, be able to switch to something where the self cannot exist.
Because when we are alone, we are lonely. And when we are together, we are stong.
This rule of thumb was coined by technology journalist Ian Betteridge: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”
It’s the assertion that if the writer were confident in the answer, they would write a statement instead.
Confidence, however, isn’t decided until after a piece is written. While starting a venture with confidence would be nice, it isn’t a prerequisite for most things.
In our culture, the answer is often to look within —to soul-search.
This is also a product of individualism, not that there is anything inherently wrong with it.
There are alternatives. The most obvious is to build one’s own identity. There is also a path to kill it.
When we identify with something bigger than ourselves, the self is no longer important.
This is also rather extreme. But perhaps the middle path is a switch of some sort, a duality.
Sometimes, writing every day can be daunting.
Then again, when I think about the millions of words written, what’s a few more?
Adding something to a large body of work is much easier than starting a whole new venture.
Sometimes, time can heal wounds. The question really should be, how much?
Too much time says we are who we are. Too little isn’t enough to gain new experiences and insights to turn into wisdom.
The answer is likely longer than you expect but shorter than the feeling of “forever.”
Falkner said something of this nature.
It’s important to remember that sometimes things fail—not because you didn’t care enough, but because some things are just out of our control.
In our digital world, it’s easy to find another convenient option.
Don’t like this restaurant, you can try another.
When someone gets stuck in the snow and asks for help, it’s tempting to say, “Call a tow truck.” After all, there is another option for someone to help that isn’t me.
Convenience trains us to look for ourselves and not ask for help. Worse, it sneakily teaches us to make problems someone else’s.
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