Quotes About Perspective

Si produces bastantes ideas malas, se te ocurrirán algunas buenas «La gente con dificultades para tener buenas ideas, si te cuenta la verdad, te dirá que tampoco tiene muchas ideas malas.

Gain a language and you gain a second lens through which to question and understand the world.

if you try to approach every problem with your moral compass, first and foremost, you're going to make a lot of mistakes. You're going to exclude a lot of possible good solutions. You're going to assume you know a lot of things, when in fact you don't, and you're not going to be a good partner in reaching a solution with other people who don't happen to see the world the way you do.

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Es más bien una convicción: la vida siempre sucede para nosotros, no a nosotros. De ti depende que encuentres sus ventajas. Si lo haces, la vida es fabulosa.»

There is more freedom to be gained from practicing poverty than chasing wealth. Suffer a little regularly and you often cease to suffer.

Quienes tenemos la suerte de vivir en un mundo en el que tenemos lo suficiente y tenemos un techo y tenemos alimento, nos vemos atrapados en ese bucle de recordar los detalles equivocados.

Cynicism is a disease that robs people of the gift of life.

Notice how often he reframes the question (examines whether the question is the right question) before answering. In several cases, how he dissects wording is as interesting as his answers.

Es esencial perderse y cambiar de planes de vez en cuando. Es una fuente de creatividad y perspectiva. El peligro de los esquemas, los ayudantes capaces y la planificación es que puedes acabar viviendo la vida como si estuviera planeada. Y si haces eso, es posible que tu potencial no consiga superar tus expectativas.»

Soy anciano y he pasado gran cantidad de preocupaciones, pero la mayoría de ellas no ha llegado a materializarse jamás.

Matt recommended I read "The Tail End" by Tim Urban

We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore. —OPRAH WINFREY,

No one cares if you are a people person. Have a point of view, and share it meaningfully, thoughtfully, and with conviction.

Not my circus. Not my monkeys.

Even today, I still benefit from that because I don't merge and bring things together and see everything as one big problem. I

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A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus." I really, really, really loved the book. What I liked the most was the Dalai Lama's guidance on converting to Buddhism. He wrote that if you are part of another religion, please do not convert to Buddhism. Your fastest path to enlightenment and peace of mind and your own good heart is in the religion that you are in.

Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees, but that's just the beginning.

Exact numbers aren't needed to realize that we spend too much time with those who poison us with pessimism, sloth, and low expectations of themselves and the world.

We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."—John F. Kennedy

when I speak with anyone about anything, I try to hold their perspective with a "light grip": the knowledge that they, and I, have very incomplete maps of reality.

It's really how you look at it, and the way you look at it is so important. If you can have a positive attitude,

That cliché you ignored like a throwaway fortune cookie? Suddenly it makes sense and moves mountains