Tom Ward
@tomward.bsky.social
“Are you continuing to do it mostly because it makes you feel interested and alive — or are you continuing to do it mostly because you know what to expect and you're hesitant to make a change?”
- James Clear
- James Clear
3-2-1: On obsessions, what you can control, and the power of decisive action
3 IDEAS FROM ME I. “You can't make time go faster or success come sooner. The only thing you can control is the next action.” II. “There are two ways to grow: by adding or by shedding. Do you need to...
jamesclear.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
“Are you continuing to do it mostly because it makes you feel interested and alive — or are you continuing to do it mostly because you know what to expect and you're hesitant to make a change?”
- James Clear
- James Clear
“The point of these four comparisons is not that history repeats. It is that history reveals. It can help us see around corners, into possible futures.”
- Timothy Snyder
- Timothy Snyder
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
“The point of these four comparisons is not that history repeats. It is that history reveals. It can help us see around corners, into possible futures.”
- Timothy Snyder
- Timothy Snyder
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies."
- Nadine Stair, 85 years old
The point isn’t barefoot walks. It’s being awake to what matters.
- Nadine Stair, 85 years old
The point isn’t barefoot walks. It’s being awake to what matters.
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies."
- Nadine Stair, 85 years old
The point isn’t barefoot walks. It’s being awake to what matters.
- Nadine Stair, 85 years old
The point isn’t barefoot walks. It’s being awake to what matters.
“Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.”
- Shane Parrish
- Shane Parrish
January 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.”
- Shane Parrish
- Shane Parrish
“Superpowers you can choose:
Ability to change yourself & your mind
Not taking things personally
Not needing to prove you're right
Careful selection of all relationships
Staying calm
Being alone without being lonely
Being ok with being uncomfortable
Thinking for oneself”
- Shane Parrish
Ability to change yourself & your mind
Not taking things personally
Not needing to prove you're right
Careful selection of all relationships
Staying calm
Being alone without being lonely
Being ok with being uncomfortable
Thinking for oneself”
- Shane Parrish
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
“Superpowers you can choose:
Ability to change yourself & your mind
Not taking things personally
Not needing to prove you're right
Careful selection of all relationships
Staying calm
Being alone without being lonely
Being ok with being uncomfortable
Thinking for oneself”
- Shane Parrish
Ability to change yourself & your mind
Not taking things personally
Not needing to prove you're right
Careful selection of all relationships
Staying calm
Being alone without being lonely
Being ok with being uncomfortable
Thinking for oneself”
- Shane Parrish
“The most frightened people are the people who don’t travel. Fear is for people who don’t get out very much.”
- Rick Steves
- Rick Steves
Rick Steves Says Hold On to Your Travel Dreams
The guidebook guru discusses a year and a half without seeing Europe, the next chapter in post-pandemic travel, and why you should order whatever beverage the locals are having.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“The most frightened people are the people who don’t travel. Fear is for people who don’t get out very much.”
- Rick Steves
- Rick Steves
“Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when they are young nor weary in the search when they have grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.”
- Epicurus
- Epicurus
December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when they are young nor weary in the search when they have grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.”
- Epicurus
- Epicurus
“Misinformation is more dangerous than no information at all.”
- Charles Kingsley
- Charles Kingsley
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Misinformation is more dangerous than no information at all.”
- Charles Kingsley
- Charles Kingsley
"It is nearly impossible to have your best idea the first time you think about something.
The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you're in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface.
Time unlocks insights."
- James Clear
The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you're in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface.
Time unlocks insights."
- James Clear
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"It is nearly impossible to have your best idea the first time you think about something.
The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you're in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface.
Time unlocks insights."
- James Clear
The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you're in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface.
Time unlocks insights."
- James Clear
“Self-judgment gets nothing done. Constantly berating yourself to do things from a sense of self-imposed obligation – with the feeling that you absolutely have to do them, in order to count as an adequate human – is a miserable way to live.”
- Oliver Burkeman
- Oliver Burkeman
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“Self-judgment gets nothing done. Constantly berating yourself to do things from a sense of self-imposed obligation – with the feeling that you absolutely have to do them, in order to count as an adequate human – is a miserable way to live.”
- Oliver Burkeman
- Oliver Burkeman
“You have to train before the race, not after. You have to build the skill before you get the job that requires it. You have to be trustworthy for years before anyone trusts you with something important. The bill comes first. The reward comes later.”
- Shane Parrish
- Shane Parrish
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“You have to train before the race, not after. You have to build the skill before you get the job that requires it. You have to be trustworthy for years before anyone trusts you with something important. The bill comes first. The reward comes later.”
- Shane Parrish
- Shane Parrish
“There’s a specific exhaustion that comes from constantly shape-shifting to fit what you think people want. I call it type 2 burnout. You’re not overworked, you’re just working against your own grain.”
- Dipa Halder
- Dipa Halder
December 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“There’s a specific exhaustion that comes from constantly shape-shifting to fit what you think people want. I call it type 2 burnout. You’re not overworked, you’re just working against your own grain.”
- Dipa Halder
- Dipa Halder
"Habits are either the best or the worst things in the world; they either carry us to heaven or hurl us to hell. Form only those that will prove an honor to you."
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Habits are either the best or the worst things in the world; they either carry us to heaven or hurl us to hell. Form only those that will prove an honor to you."
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
“Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
- David Foster Wallace
- David Foster Wallace
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
- David Foster Wallace
- David Foster Wallace
“Wrong decisions are part of life. Being able to make them work anyway is one of the abilities of those who are successful.”
- Warren Buffett
- Warren Buffett
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Wrong decisions are part of life. Being able to make them work anyway is one of the abilities of those who are successful.”
- Warren Buffett
- Warren Buffett
“…I’m very particular about who I spend my time with because I do believe that there are genuinely energy vampires and energy catalysts in humans.”
- Harley Finkelstein
- Harley Finkelstein
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“…I’m very particular about who I spend my time with because I do believe that there are genuinely energy vampires and energy catalysts in humans.”
- Harley Finkelstein
- Harley Finkelstein
“Reading gives you pattern recognition for problems you haven't faced yet.
Having someone who solved the same problem you're facing whispering the answer in your ear is basically a cheat code.”
- Shane Parrish
Having someone who solved the same problem you're facing whispering the answer in your ear is basically a cheat code.”
- Shane Parrish
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“Reading gives you pattern recognition for problems you haven't faced yet.
Having someone who solved the same problem you're facing whispering the answer in your ear is basically a cheat code.”
- Shane Parrish
Having someone who solved the same problem you're facing whispering the answer in your ear is basically a cheat code.”
- Shane Parrish
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
- Charles Kingsley
- Charles Kingsley
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
- Charles Kingsley
- Charles Kingsley
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
- Nora Ephron
- Nora Ephron
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
- Nora Ephron
- Nora Ephron
"When you fall in love with the process rather than the outcome, you don't have to wait to be happy."
- Shane Parrish
- Shane Parrish
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"When you fall in love with the process rather than the outcome, you don't have to wait to be happy."
- Shane Parrish
- Shane Parrish
"You have to run your own race. Problems begin the moment you start comparing your results to someone who is playing under different conditions.
Play your own game. Emphasize gradual progress and keep the comparison internal. Are you getting a little better [each day]?"
- James Clear
Play your own game. Emphasize gradual progress and keep the comparison internal. Are you getting a little better [each day]?"
- James Clear
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"You have to run your own race. Problems begin the moment you start comparing your results to someone who is playing under different conditions.
Play your own game. Emphasize gradual progress and keep the comparison internal. Are you getting a little better [each day]?"
- James Clear
Play your own game. Emphasize gradual progress and keep the comparison internal. Are you getting a little better [each day]?"
- James Clear
"Human despair is no longer primarily a result of economic destitution; rather, it is due to a lack of functional and healthy communities."
- Chris Arnade
- Chris Arnade
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Human despair is no longer primarily a result of economic destitution; rather, it is due to a lack of functional and healthy communities."
- Chris Arnade
- Chris Arnade
“Let’s keep in mind that there is not one of us whose reputation would not be grievously dimmed by a thorough cataloguing of our faults and errors.”
- Carl Braun
- Carl Braun
October 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“Let’s keep in mind that there is not one of us whose reputation would not be grievously dimmed by a thorough cataloguing of our faults and errors.”
- Carl Braun
- Carl Braun
“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.”
- Heinrich Heine
- Heinrich Heine
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.”
- Heinrich Heine
- Heinrich Heine
“You can do a few things well. You can't do everything well. If you keep scattering your attention across seven different priorities, you'll keep making mistakes that your rested and thoughtful mind would never make.”
- James Clear
- James Clear
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“You can do a few things well. You can't do everything well. If you keep scattering your attention across seven different priorities, you'll keep making mistakes that your rested and thoughtful mind would never make.”
- James Clear
- James Clear