The Best Minute: on advice, grace, and email

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Baltasar Gracian on how to give advice:

“When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.”

II. Kevin Kelly on habits:

The purpose of a habit is to remove that action from self-negotiation. You no longer expend energy deciding whether to do it. You just do it. Good habits can range from telling the truth, to flossing.”

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. Wickedness poses a lesser problem to the grace of God than self-righteousness. Wickedness can be repented of, self-righteousness is critically unaware there is anything to repent of.

II. Have trouble staying on top of your email? Check it less.

When you check your email less, you send less email. When you send less email, you get less email.

Check your email less.

1 RANDOM FACT

McDonald's introduced drive-through service due to the military.

The first McDonald's drive-through was installed in a restaurant based in Sierra Vista, Arizona, located near the Fort Huachuca military installation. Military rules forbade the soldiers from wearing their military uniforms in public outside of their vehicles, so restaurant manager David Rich came up with a solution: cut a hole into the wall and allow members of the military to pick up their orders without stepping out of their car. The convenience and simplicity of the idea quickly caught on.

Source: Best Life

1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH

Am I overestimating how difficult this will actually be?

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P.S. What does a baby computer call his father?

Data.