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⛏️Tools Worth Sharing
Habitica
Building habit in the early days is the most important thing while you are a student especially.
So, you can use Habitica to make and track all your habits with gamify experience. More than 4 million people are using this app to build good habits and break bad habits.
📕 Book of The Week
The History of Philosophy Book by A. C. Grayling
If you are into philosophy and exploring different philosophies then this is the book for you. In the book, the author explored different kinds of philosophies like Indian Philosophy, Ancient Philopshoy, and different philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Nietzsche, Buddism, Daoism, Jainism, and other philosophers and philosophies.
🗨️Quote worth sharing
"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." — Sigmund Freud
Read this quote couple of times and understand.
🖼️ Picture worth sharing
Worth exploring
1. Watch
The REAL cause of all recessions By Slidebean
When Life Hurts, Stop Clinging to It | The Philosophy of Epictetus
Our very sense of wellbeing is at gunpoint when we cling to the fickle, unreliable outside world. Around two thousand years ago, Stoic philosopher Epictetus observed that people are burdened and dragged down because they tend to care about too many things. His cure, however, is not to stop caring altogether but to care about the right things and stop clinging to anything that doesn’t matter. — Excerpt From Desc.
2. Read
Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions By Tim Ferriss
Looking back over the last decade, I have made many good fast decisions, but I have nearly never made good rushed decisions. The former can be made from a place of calm, whereas the latter come from a place of turbulence and blurred judgment. —Excerpt From the post
3. Listen
Kristen & Jolenta try to implement the book Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, by Austin Kleon, and explore the concepts given in the book. I have read and re-read this book 3-4 times, it’s an amazing book. You can read the Book summary in short form and Productivity Side.
Question of this week
What are the apps you use to keep yourself productive?
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