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Your attention is the single most important finite resource you have. It can determine nearly all the outcomes and possibilities for your life. Choose wisely.
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vincent
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(Digital) environments determine a lot of what we pay attention to, organizing environment is organizing mind: follow people worth following, block noise, hang out with smart and driven people.
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The whole goldfish in a fishbowl They’ll grow to fit the environment you give them
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vincent
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reminds me of a quote: "what brain thinks is determined by its environment, the smart brain figures out it can change the environment"
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Yes, very much 🩷 If you allow dark twisted things to take up a lot of space in your attention landscape, they will grow to fit the allotment you’ve provided, and elevated feelings of hopelessness or despair will follow The news cycles these days wants you to feel all of that at all times It’s unsustainable
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vincent
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works for physical environments too: what books you have around determine what you read, having a bottle of water in your desk makes you drink more
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If I can get my attn back for reading again, it will be amazing I have so many design things to read ðŸ˜
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vincent
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ahahhahahahahaha me too, these days i read code docs more than I read books
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