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Quote: Deeper Motivation
Ideas: Start Small, Focus, Buying Happiness
Article: Laws on Getting Rich
Media: An Escape Story
Question: What Game Are You Playing
Quote
The author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery on motivating others:
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
Three Ideas
I.
Don't be discouraged by the habits of others that seem remarkable.
Start small.
• Walk 1 mile
• Read 5 pages
• Meditate for 3 minutes
• Wake up 20 minutes earlier
The power of habits isn't in the intensity but the consistency.
Big changes come from small habits.
II.
A recipe for unhappiness: focus on things outside of your control.
III.
How to use money to buy happiness:
• Buy time
• Buy experiences
• Spend it on other people
• Give it away
Article
A Few Laws on Getting Rich from Morgan Housel
“Most of what makes you happy in life has nothing to do with money, and realizing that once you have money can be a painful admission.
Will Smith wrote in his biography that when he was poor and depressed, he could dream about a future when he had more money, and that money making his problems go away.
Once he was rich, that optimism was gone. He had all the money he could ever need and he was still depressed, his life was still filled with problems.
Happiness is complicated, but if you simplify it into things like a loving family, health, friendship, eight hours of sleep, well-balanced children, and being part of something bigger than yourself, you realize how limited money’s role can be. It’s not that it has no role; just smaller than you may have assumed.”
Great read here on some of the downsides to wealth that you might not have thought of.
Media
Encouraging thread about the greatest escape story you’ve probably never heard of.
Who is the most high-agency person you've never heard of?
Rudolf Vrba.
He escaped Auschwitz by soaking himself in gasoline -- to give a memo to Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Pope.
Meet the man who saved 200,000 lives from the Nazis...
— George Mack (@george__mack)
9:00 PM • Nov 10, 2023
Question
What game are you playing? Do you want the prize for winning that game?
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Make it a great weekend.
Much love,
Beau Burns
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