What reader's favorite quotes tell us about ourselves
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Hi curious minds,
Ever wonder what the most highlighted quotes are from eBooks?
Now we have a glimpse. Amazon shared 7 quotes most often highlighted by Kindle users — and I shared my takeaways for each.
#1: Wonder (by R. J. Palacio)
Takeaway #1: People want to be recognized. Take the time to acknowledge someone’s work. It can be face-to-face, phone, video conference, text, DM, social post, etc.
(Jeff Wilke, former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer Business, shared his thoughts on what makes a great teacher, click here to read).
#2: The Alchemist (by Paulo Coelho)
Takeaway #2: Talk is cheap. Lead by your own example.
(Kobe Bryant had deep mental models on teaching and parenting, click here to read).
#3: A Game of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire, Book One (by George R.R. Martin)
Takeaway #3: Identify your superpower and double down on it.
(Oprah’s favorite poet, IN-Q, shared — “You have to be willing not to be liked in order to be loved” — click here to read my takeaways from our fireside chat).
#4: Divergent (by Veronica Roth)
Takeaway #4: The unmemorable moments matter. The aggregate of these moments shape you into who you will become.
(The Smart People Podcast creators interviewed 380+ top performers on what it takes to succeed, click here to see my takeaways from our fireside chat).
#5: The Great Gatsby (by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Takeaway #5: Everyone is fighting a battle you no nothing about. Practice kindness and empathy.
(Being kind has a positive-sum effect, click here to read my takeaways from chatting with Leon Logothetis “The Kindness Guy”).
#6: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Takeaway #6: Remember to be human and enjoy each moment by being fully present. Experiences > Items.
(Alexis Ohanian, cofounder of Reddit, talks about “being human” as part of Reddit’s culture, click here to read my takeaways from our fireside chat).
(I also wrote about “A Lesson on Happiness” — click here to read).
#7: Catching Fire - The Hunger Games, Book Two (by Suzanne Collins)
Takeaway #7: One of the the Stoic principles is that we do not control what happens, but we control how we respond.
(Learn about Stoicism from Ryan Holiday, founder of the Daily Stoic and bestselling author, click here to read my takeaways from our fireside chat).
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