How to get things done, avoid misery, and trust yourself

1/ How to get things done

David Allen: Getting Things Done
(talk by David Allen)

“To get things off your mind, you need to make sure you have captured, clarified and organized all of your commitments. And you have to trust that you will engage consciously with those commitments at the appropriate time and place.”

2/ How to avoid misery

Charlie Munger’s speech to the Harvard School, June 1986
(talk by Charlie Munger)

“My third prescription for misery is to go down and stay down when you get your first, second, third severe reverse in the battle of life. Because there is so much adversity out there, even for the lucky and wise, this will guarantee that, in due course, you will be permanently mired in misery.”

3/ How to deal with the shortness of life

Life is Short
(essay by Paul Graham)

“Relentlessly prune bullshit, don't wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That's what you do when life is short.”

4/ How to take control of your life

Guy Ritchie "You Must Be The Master of Your Own Kingdom"
(interview by Guy Ritchie)

“What's the expression? ‘Don't hate the player, hate the game.’ Don’t hate the game, love the game, because you're in it, mate. So own the game, accept the rules and move on into the rules.”

5/ How to trust yourself

Self-Reliance
(essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion. It is easy in solitude to live after our own. But the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

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