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Re:Andreas Kling – Failure is also a habit by andorov on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:21PM (#36637017)
Similar quote from Lao Tzu. I like the inclusion thoughts -> words -> actions.

"Watch your thoughts, they become your words;

watch your words, they become your actions;

watch your actions, they become your habits;

watch your habits, they become your character;

watch your character, it becomes your destiny."

Re:Andreas Kling – Failure is also a habit by hsjqllzlfkf on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:31AM (#36643414)
This is excellent, thank you.
Re:Andreas Kling – Failure is also a habit by cyrillite on Sunday July 09, 2023 @06:54AM (#36653413)
The only thing I would change here is “watch your thoughts, thoughts become words” and reverse it.

Your words are so often careless attempts at thought. First approximations of ideas. All too often, however, they are spoken to oneself and heard by oneself as truth. Be very careful about your words, they will go on to constrain oh so much.

Now, strictly speaking thought may come first. But, it’s that thinking about words which becomes so trapping, not the initial conditions that give rise to the words. Interrogate your language, distrust it, scrutinise it.