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Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under patience patience Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Staying down after severe reverses guarantees being permanently mired in misery, since adversity is plentiful even for the lucky and wise Staying down after severe reversesguarantees being permanently mired inmisery, since adversity is plentiful evenfor the lucky and wise Last stated 40 years ago 13 Jun 1986 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 1986-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning only from one’s own experience, and minimizing what one learns from the good and bad experience of others, is a sure-shot producer of misery and second-rate achievement — tap to centre the map on it Learning only from one’s ownexperience, and minimizing what onelearns from the good and badexperience of others, is a sure-shotproducer of misery and second-rateachievement Last stated 40 years ago 13 Jun 1986 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 1986-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it A habit only survives difficulty ifthe person enjoys it, which makesenjoyment a better predictor ofpersistence than discipline. Last stated 9 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JC James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A choice with no immediate payoff is not necessarily a poor one: many extraordinary things come from what is first-order negative and second-order positive. — tap to centre the map on it A choice with no immediate payoff isnot necessarily a poor one: manyextraordinary things come from whatis first-order negative andsecond-order positive. Last stated 10 years ago 12 Apr 2016 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2016-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: After a defeat people want encouragement, not a list of their mistakes — so a learning product should lead with what the user did well. — tap to centre the map on it After a defeat people wantencouragement, not a list of theirmistakes — so a learning productshould lead with what the user didwell. Last stated a year ago 5 Oct 2025 AC Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Building the life you actually wanttakes discipline: to work out whatyou want, and to turn down cool,lucrative opportunities. Last stated a month ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it Essentialism means rejecting theidea that if we can fit it all in,we can have it all Last stated 12 years ago 26 Jul 2014 GM Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deep relationships through marriage, family and real friendship are at the heart of happiness: happiness is love. — tap to centre the map on it Deep relationships through marriage,family and real friendship are atthe heart of happiness: happiness islove. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Apr 2024 AB Arthur C. Brooks — holds since 2024-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pursuing competence and community can counter depression — tap to centre the map on it Pursuing competence and communitycan counter depression Last stated a year ago 25 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wealth can lead to isolation if not managed carefully — tap to centre the map on it Wealth can lead to isolation if notmanaged carefully Last stated 2 weeks ago 28 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Staying down after severe reverses guarantees being permanently mired in misery, since adversity is plentiful even for the lucky and wise Last stated 13 Jun 1986 · 40 years ago Holds Charlie Munger Read this korrent →