Weekly Wrap [07 July 2012 Edition]

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Collected Quotes

Because we all have a (secret) quote addiction…

Tweeted 30 June – 06 July, 2012

RTweeted

• No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.” — Selma Lagerlöf  (RT @alisabowman)
• Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. ~Robert Service (RT @thehrgoddess)
• Secret of Adulthood: If I want to keep going, I have to allow myself to stop. -@GretchenRubin
• I want to make a difference, don’t want to waste the position I find myself in . . . [or] the resources I’ve got. —@richardbranson (RT @entmagazine)

Anais Nin

• Dreams are necessary to life.
• Good things happen to those who hustle.
• Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.
• Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
• The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Socrates

• As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
• Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
• Let him that would move the world first move himself.
• The unexamined life is not worth living.
• Wisdom begins in wonder.

Lewis Carroll

• Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
• One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
• Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things #beforebreakfast.
• Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.

Misc.

• If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. -Margaret Thatcher

Mine

• Be the best version of yourself that you can be.
• Change your habits. Quit selling yourself short. Don’t quit halfway again. Don’t give up.
• You are only good at your life, and I am only good at mine. Be the best at yours.
• You have made progress. Your work is not in vain. Your efforts are worthwhile.
• Nobody’s asking for perfect, but the whole entire world is asking you to grow.
• If you do what everybody else is doing, you’ll get what everybody else is getting. Your “weirdness” is your strength. Go with it.
• If you want results, take responsibility.

Recommended Reading

• I love anything by Laura Vanderkam, and her latest is no exception. It’s an ebook called What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, a quick read that will inspire you to make more of your mornings. I had fallen off the “early morning” wagon after the birth of my last baby (who’s now 13 months old, and sleeping through the night just fine, so I think that excuse is over). I know, know, know, know that I am more productive through my entire day when I wake up early and use my mornings well. Laura’s book helped kickstart me back into it. I’ve been getting up early (6ish) for the last 10 days (even while on vacation, visiting family over the weekend) and though it’s not a solid habit yet, it’s already improving the quality of my days. And helping me get to the important stuff before the rush of the day begins… which means I’m on track to reaching my big goals even when the day goes haywire before lunch.