Quotes worth reading

In the real world negotiation is far too unpredictable and complex for that. You may have to do a, d, and then maybe q.

NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE— Chris Voss with Tahl RazSelf-Help / Business

The way in which I do this, the tools that I use, derive from a school of psychology known as dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, developed in the 1990s by Marsha Linehan.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

Even better news, for our purposes, is that VO2 max can be increased via training. We can move the needle a lot on this measure of fitness, as we’ll see.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

When you have repeated a story to yourself for years, it is easy to slide into these mental grooves and accept them as a fact.

ATOMIC HABITS— James ClearSelf-Help / Business

We spend so much of our time in car seats, in desk chairs, at computers, and peering at our various devices that modern life sometimes seems like an all-out assault on the integrity of our spine.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

But some scientists have begun to openly question the notion that amyloid causes all cases of Alzheimer’s disease, citing these drug failures above all.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

The proof of principle is here, but much more work is needed, not only to improve the efficacy of this approach but also to enable us to deliver this treatment more widely and more easily.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

Tracking can become its own form of reward. It feels good to cross an item off your to-do list, to complete an entry in your workout log, or to mark an X on the calendar.

ATOMIC HABITS— James ClearSelf-Help / Business

When we are confronted by it, we ignore it, we run away, or we label it in ways that allow us to dismiss it. In negotiations, that label most often takes the form of the statement, “They’re crazy!”

NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE— Chris Voss with Tahl RazSelf-Help / Business

We talk about their objectives, and the science underpinning our strategy. When it comes to specific tactics, I give them direction to help them create their own playbook. I almost never write out a prescription for them to follow blindly.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

The more tightly bound your new habit is to a specific cue, the better the odds are that you will notice when the time comes to act.

ATOMIC HABITS— James ClearSelf-Help / Business

In short: humans have had good political, economic, military, and technological reasons not to weaponize space. The one question looming at our particular moment is whether everything will change in this new age of cheap space access.

A CITY ON MARS— Kelly Weinersmith and Zach WeinersmithNon-Fiction

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

All that trust we’d built together, that muscle we’d developed to embrace the unexpected, to stay in and go with the moment, all of that had been training for this: our chance to face disaster, as one, and spin it into triumph.

100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100— Dick Van Dyke with Tal McTheniaNon-Fiction

Nobody can be Mr. Nice Guy all the time! We all need to let ourselves get judgy every now and then, and as far as defendants go, there’s plenty of evidence to find TV “guilty” on all sorts of counts.

100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100— Dick Van Dyke with Tal McTheniaNon-Fiction

The very concept of Alzheimer’s prevention is still relatively new; we have only begun to scratch the surface of what might be accomplished here.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

If you’re training to be an athlete of life, then you’re training to be an athlete, period.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

There are octogenarians, nonagenarians, and even centenarians right now who are running marathons, racing bicycles, lifting weights, flying airplanes, jumping out of airplanes, skiing the Rocky Mountains, competing in actual decathlons, and doing all sorts of other amazing things.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

If I fall off during a song, I grab on again as soon as I can. If I’m off-key, I feel my way back on.

100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100— Dick Van Dyke with Tal McTheniaNon-Fiction

American adults actually seem to have far weaker grip strength—and thus less muscle mass—than they did even a generation ago.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

Sometimes the only way to get your counterpart to listen and engage with you is by forcing them into a 'No.'

NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE— Chris Voss with Tahl RazSelf-Help / Business

In time, we will have many more sensors like this that will allow us to tailor our therapies and interventions far more quickly and precisely.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

Making sure that your breath can be wide and three-dimensional and easy is vital for creating good, efficient, coordinated movement.

OUTLIVE— Peter Attia with Bill GiffordNon-Fiction

Going out of your comfort zone, doing something that is unfamiliar or uncomfortable, is the only way you can hope to change.

100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100— Dick Van Dyke with Tal McTheniaNon-Fiction