On Admitting You're Struggling
"We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them."
On the Empowerment in Trade-Offs
"Essentialists see trade-offs as inherent. Instead of asking What do I have to give up? they ask What do I want to go big on?"
On Glancing at Your Smartphone
"If every moment of potential boredom is relieved with a glance at your smartphone, your brain is not ready for deep work."
On Focusing on the Good Things
"It's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side. As you get older, you want to focus on the positive."
On Luxuries
"The taste for luxuries increases with marvelous rapidity under indulgence."
On Taking the Initiative
"I've trained myself to propose solutions instead of ask for them, to elicit responses instead of react."
On the Rare Indulgence
"Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure."
How did this week's discipline theme land for you? Which day's reading challenged you most?