Good Advice

"You won’t keep control of your time, unless you can say ‘no.’ You can’t let other people set your..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:18:24 -0400

“You won’t keep control of your time, unless you can say ‘no.’ You can’t let other people set your agenda in life.”

- Warren Buffett at a conference earlier this week. (via parislemon)

"There’s a category of public servant who’s lived her whole life in anticipation of a presidential..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:04:00 -0400

“There’s a category of public servant who’s lived her whole life in anticipation of a presidential appointment, and we should thank her for it. But if we want a government that’s composed of more than just Tracy Flicks, we need to make it possible for people who haven’t lived their lives with an eye towards passing a political vet to, well, pass a political vet. Life is messy. Living it shouldn’t be a disqualification for public service.”

- Wonkbook: Obama’s Cabinet is almost filled, but what about his other nominations?

"Dont make records with fear. Make a great record. Define “great” as you go!"

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:59:48 -0400

“Dont make records with fear. Make a great record. Define “great” as you go!”

- Tape Op Message Board :: View topic - A good 60s/70s dirty DRUM sound in the WORST ROOM EVER??

"The Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stones and the oil age will end, but not for a lack..."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:34:17 -0500

“The Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stones and the oil age will end, but not for a lack of oil.”

- Ahmed Zaki Yamani via orthodigm via reddit : politics

"The best time to plant a tree is 50 years ago. The next best time is today"

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:21:50 -0500

“The best time to plant a tree is 50 years ago. The next best time is today”

- Life Advice: I am turning 27, and feel I have wasted a lot of time. Is it too late? - Quora

"If I give someone $100 on Monday, and he spends $50 on candy, he’ll probably regret that..."

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:18:21 -0500

“If I give someone $100 on Monday, and he spends $50 on candy, he’ll probably regret that purchase on Tuesday. In a way, he’ll still think of himself as a guy with $100 — half of which is wasted. What he really is is a guy with $50, just as he would be if I’d handed him a fifty-dollar bill. A sunk cost from yesterday should not be part of today’s equation. What he should be thinking is this: “What should I do with my $50?” What you are isn’t a person who has wasted 27 years. You are a person who has X number of years ahead of you. What are you going to do with them?”

- Life Advice: I am turning 27, and feel I have wasted a lot of time. Is it too late? - Quora

"As kids, we looked to adults for guidance. They knew what was going on. They had it all under..."

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:59:14 -0500

“As kids, we looked to adults for guidance. They knew what was going on. They had it all under control and we thought that one day, we too would learn the secret to life. The secret is that it’s all made up. Life is just one big improv. None of us know what we’re doing. All you can do is hang on, and enjoy the ride.”

- What is a comforting lie you tell yourself? : AskReddit

"We must act. We must act knowing that our work will be imperfect. We must act knowing that today’s..."

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:14:08 -0500

“We must act. We must act knowing that our work will be imperfect. We must act knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years and 40 years and 400 years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.”

- Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light!"

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:08:06 -0500

“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light!”

- Dylan Thomas

"My dad always said be useful."

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:13:13 -0500

“My dad always said be useful.”

- Arnold Schwarzenegger - IAmArnold… Ask me anything. : IAmA

"Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones: But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones."

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:09:27 -0500

“Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones:
But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones.”

- The Barefoot Muse

"After editing an advice column for two years, I’ve decided that there is no such thing as advice...."

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:44:25 -0500

“After editing an advice column for two years, I’ve decided that there is no such thing as advice. There are only problems and the ways people handle them. Advice, on the other hand, is when you hear a description of someone else’s problem and then tell the person something about yourself. Hopefully whatever you say is funny or interesting, but it has little to do with actually helping anyone. It may seem or feel like it does, but there are always more variables than we’ll ever be able to see or understand, and best case scenario you’re pressing on the problem a little bit in a way that engages the problem-haver.”

- Advice Is Futile | The Awl

"Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough."

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:47:00 -0500

“Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.”

- Ernest Hemingway (via bookofbourbon)

"Stop making big decisions and focus on closing the gap with where you want to be."

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:47:04 -0500

“Stop making big decisions and focus on closing the gap with where you want to be.”

- Career Advice: At age 25, would you pursue a good paying corporate job that makes you unhappy or a hobby that makes you happy but has no guarantee to pay the bills? - Quora

"Humans excel at wasting time, experimenting, playing, creating, and exploring. None of these fare..."

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:08:11 -0500

“Humans excel at wasting time, experimenting, playing, creating, and exploring. None of these fare well under the scrutiny of productivity. That is why science and art are so hard to fund. But they are also the foundation of long-term growth. Yet our notions of jobs, of work, of the economy don’t include a lot of space for wasting time, experimenting, playing, creating, and exploring.”

- The Technium: The Post-Productive Economy

"It’s hard to shoehorn some of the most important things we do in life into the category of..."

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:07:24 -0500

“It’s hard to shoehorn some of the most important things we do in life into the category of “being productive.” Generally any task that can be measured by the metrics of productivity — output per hour — is a task we want automation to do. In short, productivity is for robots.”

- The Technium: The Post-Productive Economy

"Civilization is not just about saving labor but also about “wasting” labor to make art,..."

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:07:08 -0500

“Civilization is not just about saving labor but also about “wasting” labor to make art, to make beautiful things, to “waste” time playing, like sports. Nobody ever suggested that Picasso should spend fewer hours painting per picture in order to boost his wealth or improve the economy. The value he added to the economy could not be optimized for productivity.”

- The Technium: The Post-Productive Economy

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by..."

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:37:13 -0500

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Hang out with your friend, the one who makes the most sense, the one you don’t have to try for, the..."

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:23:44 -0500

“Hang out with your friend, the one who makes the most sense, the one you don’t have to try for, the one you’re able to just deflate with. Go out to a restaurant that feels warm and order everything on the menu because it’s Kirstie Alley time and drink nice wine and talk and talk and talk. A long dinner with your best friend is like a thousand brain orgasms. It reminds you of how little you actually need to be happy.”

- 7 Things You Can Do To Be Happy | Thought Catalog

"If you think back, and replay your year - if it doesn’t bring you tears of joy or sadness,..."

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:24:36 -0500

“If you think back, and replay your year - if it doesn’t bring you tears of joy or sadness, consider the year wasted.”

- John Cage on Ally McBeal - Wikiquote