“The secret of well-being is simplicity, which is here for the taking in this very breath, and also as elusive as the air.” –Peter Matthiessen (Nine-Headed Dragon River)
- Mark Zuckerberg’s commencement speech for Harvard University’s Class of 2017:
- “It’s not enough to have purpose yourself. You have to create a sense of purpose for others.”
- “Ideas don’t come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.”
- On the death of screensavers.
- What I’m Reading: Why I Am Wise by by Friedrich Nietzsche. I plan to make my way through the entire Penguin Books Great Ideas series.
- Why valedictorians don’t become billionaires: “It seems that the traits that set one up for exceptional success in high school and college — ‘self-discipline, conscientiousness and the ability to comply with rules’ — are not the same traits that lead individuals to start disruptive companies or make shocking breakthroughs…’School has very clear rules…but life doesn’t. Life is messy.'” This article is based on Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker. Pair it with my article, Will It Be On the Test?
- The Prophet and Siddhartha are both $0.99 on Kindle! We read Siddhartha for our book club earlier this year.
