Li Si Wong

July 4, 2021

Heard Something, Read Something, Saw Something [#3]

Here's my 3rd post which I had modelled after Jason Fried's series.

Heard Something
I am at the tail end of watching Terry Tran's The Freedom Trader and he said something that really struck a chord.
 
Patience is a profitable activity over time

Many understood the real value of patience because you don't see results immediately. It is instead a long grind.

Read Something

I grabbed this from James Clear's EDM in which he mentioned Thomas Mitchell, a farmer, on happiness:

 "One of the best secrets of a happy life is the art of extracting comfort and sweetness from every circumstance... People are always looking for happiness at some future time and in some new thing, or some new set of circumstances, in possession of which they some day expect to find themselves. But the fact is, if happiness is not found now, where we are, and as we are, there is little chance of it ever being found. There is a great deal more happiness around us day by day than we have the sense or power to seek and find. If we are to cultivate the art of living, we should cultivate the art of extracting sweetness and comfort out of everything, as the bee goes from flower to flower in search of honey

Saw something

I have been on a succulent shopping spree ever since I have decided on having a succulent garden - that is coming together in Spring. I have been stocking the succulent up slowly. With the gardener coming in Spring, I get to be spontaneous so I have been buying those that caught my eye such as the one below.