I have a great deal of respect towards dr. Alexandru Pesamosca (deceased) and dr. Niculina Bratu (see this, in Romanian »).

Both of these people pretty much sacrificed their lives to the well of others.

It reminds of a scene in Schindler’s list (1993):

– I didn’t do enough!

– You did so much!

Think of it – there are/were people in this world who lived, mostly, for others’ good. That’s impressive!

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“I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.” – Shonda Rhimes, Dartmouth 2014 (via – Sahil Bloom on Twitter)

Doing things helps with gaining knowledge. Sure, you can read about things, you can be prepared, but in the end, one needs to act.

It’s not an easy life. When I think of workers who work long hours, sometimes even on the weekends, just work, no fun, that’s not easy.

I also think that most people need some time off, it’s a necessity.

But if I have to choose between two extremes – work or read and think, I’d consider working. (sure, unless you consider reading to be working, such as for a book critic)

I like this quote and I wanted to share it with others. Now, for some other quotes.

What do people do after they retire?

#1 Read

The founder of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, Zang Yiming has announced that he will be stepping down. […] Yiming he would like to start reading more books and daydream a little more too. (via »)

#2 Spend more time with family:

Nick Maroutsos, head of global bonds at Janus Henderson Investors, is set to retire in October to take more road trips with his kids, after the pandemic caused him to reevaluate his “goals in life,” he told Bloomberg. (via »)

But how do rich people get rich? Some of them by reading books:

Mark Cuban is an avid reader (as are his fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett). […]

But Cuban said one book in particular stands out as helping him to stay focused on his money goals early in his career: “Cashing in on the American Dream: How to Retire at 35.” (via »)

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Once, at my grandparents’ house in Buzău, I was sent into the village. I came back running, to overhear a conversation between my grandfather and my grandmother: “Olivian is a hardworking person. Wherever you send him, he goes.”

My grandfather didn’t use to say too many good things to my face. But when he made that confession to my grandmother, I knew he meant it.

Another memory is with a rather critical teacher from the 8^th grade, who, at least for a moment, I managed to impress.

I think people should say more good things one to another.

The only exception I can think of are monks, who prefer not to be praised.

Praising makes the world better, in my opinion.

I still think of moments when someone told something good about me, it feeds me, it’s a validation I need. I’m trying not to depend on this, but it happens naturally.

Also, don’t fake it. If you don’t mean praising, I wouldn’t do it. Say the truth, don’t just say things.

But if you focus on “What could I say good about this person?”, most likely you’ll come up with something.

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There is some hardware, like a nice keyboard or an ergonomic chair, which you can hardly test.

Sure, you can go into a store and see if you like it or not, start typing on the keyboard or lean back on the chair.

But how will you feel one week after using it? 3 months? One year?

I don’t think that first impressions are the best in these situations.

As I see it, you can only test if you don’t like some things like that – if you really hate the chair, if the keyboard annoys you a lot.

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