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54: Notes To Self
Art Gallery, Counterintuitive Ben Franklin Advice, Swing Dance, Camus On Authenticity, Sticky Sentences
Yo, it’s Luke!
Recently, I’ve been obsessed with helping more people on Medicare know about Solace. It’s so nice it is to have a constant stream of ideas!
That said, here is your weekly dose of 5 noteworthy ideas & things I learned about last week. Click on each link to dive further on that topic.
Here’s a beautiful art gallery to start your Friday!

Ben Franklin said the main way to get someone to like you is to ask them for a favor. When he had an enemy he would ask them if he could borrow a book. After someone does you one favor, they have to keep being nice to you or they'll experience cognitive dissonance.
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast)
9:44 PM • Nov 27, 2024
Interesting…can you venmo me $30?
Watching this is very good use of 2 min & 47 sec.
This is a view on authenticity I haven’t heard before. Worth re-reading and thinking about.
camus was right, real authenticity lies in knowing when to reveal yourself and when to hold back. otherwise your constant self expression becomes a performance to impress others and slowly erodes into vanity. but in restraint, authenticity transforms into an act of generosity,… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Ashwin Sharma (@Ashwinreads)
11:56 PM • Dec 3, 2024
This tweet was filled with great quotes. Here’s a handful I liked:
“Miss one day and it’s a mistake. Miss two, and it’s the start of a new habit.” - James Clear
"If you can't be happy with a cup of coffee, you can't be happy with a yacht” - Naval Ravikant
"And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” - John Steinbeck, East of Eden
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Suffering and pain are always mandatory for broad minds and deep hearts - truly great people, it seems to me, should feel great sadness on this earth.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be lived.”
“Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.” – Alexis Carrel
"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you understand how foolish it is to think you can change someone else." - Matthew Hussey
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