Interested vs. Committed - Farnam Street  ## Metadata - Author: **Farnam Street** - Full Title: Interested vs. Committed - Category: #articles - URL: https://fs.blog/brain-food/june-9-2024/ ## Highlights - “The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them—especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in denial when you make a mistake, you should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as if they were works of art, which in a way they are. The fundamental reaction to any mistake ought to be this: “Well, I won’t do that again!”” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzykrtecxe5cny8vk5k73qer)) - “More is missed by not looking than not knowing.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzyksqv6ndppzzaqktptcdkb)) - “The greatest sign of an ill-regulated mind is to believe things because you wish them to be so.” — Louis Pasteur ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzykt1nkjsbedp15xh54tcvj)) - “Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.” — Richard Feynman ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzykv6az5ad9jhbt71qnycxm)) - External motivation might get you started, but only internal motivation will carry you across the finish line.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzz4c2s2q0nwtv886p9jc3bj))