“Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.” IfsTryingChangeLike YouHabitStandingNotionMilkCowsDon't Change Author:Woody Guthrie
“When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.” IfsLooksNextChanceRolesSourceHabitStandingExpectedFrozenFillingTake A ChanceWhat You LoveResilientStanding ThereDoing What You Love Author:Dick Costolo
“There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is going somewhere important. Another man standing alongside the road, shouts, «Where are you going?» and the first man replies, «I don't know! Ask the horse!» This is also our story. We are riding a horse, and we don't know where we are going and we can't stop. The horse is our habit energy pulling us along, and we are powerless.” KnowsMenFirstsImportantStoriesAsksEnergyHe ManHabitStandingHorseCirclesRidingPullingPowerlessAnother ManGalloping Book:The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on the habit of writing and it will become a lifelong one. And find a place to write where you are physically comfortable. You can't concentrate if you aren't. Ernest Hemingway could only write standing up, and Truman Capote could only write lying down!” IfsWritingWould BeYoungLyingAdviceHabitComfortableStandingWhere You AreLifelongFew WordsYoung WritersTrumanLying Down Author:Cassandra Clare
“I write at a standing desk, which has helped me be much more productive and solved some back problems, but mostly all my quirky habits have to do with procrastination and avoidance rather than with work. I'm slowly trying to stamp those out.” WritingTryingProblemHabitStandingProductiveProcrastinationDesksStampsAvoidanceQuirky Author:Paolo Bacigalupi