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Read this korrent: Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change.
Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Apr 2023
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it. — tap to centre the map on it
An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about. — tap to centre the map on it
Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about.
Last stated 5 years ago
by 18 Aug 2021
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Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rules decided in advance by a person's best self, such as "I don't eat dessert", can take the place of willpower when the situation arrives. — tap to centre the map on it
Rules decided in advance by a person's best self, such as "I don't eat dessert", can take the place of willpower when the situation arrives.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Oct 2023
SP
Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once a home is so great it becomes a prison, one has to force oneself to go out. — tap to centre the map on it
Once a home is so great it becomes a prison, one has to force oneself to go out.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
28 Sept 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Restraint, saying no to good ideas, is probably one of the few ways to exercise taste. — tap to centre the map on it
Restraint, saying no to good ideas, is probably one of the few ways to exercise taste.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
PS
Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Understanding oneself and turning it into written guardrails that one sticks to is an important practice. — tap to centre the map on it
Understanding oneself and turning it into written guardrails that one sticks to is an important practice.
Last stated 6 years ago
13 Oct 2020
CP
Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2020-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do. — tap to centre the map on it
Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-08-08 — tap for who they are
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best way to pull back from encroaching burnout is to step away, reflect, do something enjoyable, and talk to someone who cares. — tap to centre the map on it
The best way to pull back from encroaching burnout is to step away, reflect, do something enjoyable, and talk to someone who cares.
Last stated 4 months ago
27 Jun 2026
CW
Cassidy Williams — holds since 2026-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. — tap to centre the map on it
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
TF
Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation. — tap to centre the map on it
A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
KR
Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it. — tap to centre the map on it
A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it.
Last stated 8 years ago
30 Jan 2019
RK
Raph Koster — holds since 2019-01-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
CH
Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
AS
Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A comedy world cannot run on jokes alone: forty hours of humour needs story, heart and drama underneath it or it stops working. — tap to centre the map on it
A comedy world cannot run on jokes alone: forty hours of humour needs story, heart and drama underneath it or it stops working.
Last stated 12 months ago
31 Oct 2025
DH
Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A game is a machine built around uncertainty. — tap to centre the map on it
A game is a machine built around uncertainty.
Last stated 11 months ago
3 Nov 2025
RK
Raph Koster — holds since 2025-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from. — tap to centre the map on it
A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from.
Last stated 12 months ago
31 Oct 2025
DH
Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change.
Last stated 20 Apr 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Derek Sivers
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An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
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Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about.
Last stated by 18 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Oliver Burkeman
Similar wording
Rules decided in advance by a person's best self, such as "I don't eat dessert", can take the place of willpower when the situation arrives.
Last stated 3 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
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Once a home is so great it becomes a prison, one has to force oneself to go out.
Last stated 28 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Pieter Levels
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Restraint, saying no to good ideas, is probably one of the few ways to exercise taste.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Peter Sellis
Similar wording
Understanding oneself and turning it into written guardrails that one sticks to is an important practice.
Last stated 13 Oct 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Chamath Palihapitiya
Similar wording
Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do.
Last stated 20 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Pieter Levels
Similar wording
The best way to pull back from encroaching burnout is to step away, reflect, do something enjoyable, and talk to someone who cares.
Last stated 27 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Cassidy Williams
Same subject: Addiction
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Tony Fadell
Same subject: Addiction
A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Kenneth Reitz
Same subject: Addiction
A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it.
Last stated 30 Jan 2019 · 8 years ago
Holds Raph Koster
Same subject: motivation
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Same subject: motivation
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: motivation
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
Holds Thomas Hobbes
Same subject: video games
A comedy world cannot run on jokes alone: forty hours of humour needs story, heart and drama underneath it or it stops working.
Last stated 31 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dan Houser
Same subject: video games
A game is a machine built around uncertainty.
Last stated 3 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Raph Koster
Same subject: video games
A game is an equation between two personalities, the world's and the protagonist's, and the friction between them is where the experience comes from.
Last stated 31 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dan Houser