Day 178 · Wed, Apr 14, 2027 · Five editions

Wed, Apr 14, 2027

Five emails a day: 00:00 Night / 07:00 Morning / 12:00 Noon / 17:00 Evening / 21:00 Figures

00:00 Night · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 198, Entry 4

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀二十二年(戊申,公元六四八年) · Leadership · Learning · Cognition · Action

己亥,以中書舍人崔仁師為中書侍郎,參知機務。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7198
卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀二十二年(戊申,公元六四八年)·第4则

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孔子及其弟子:Analects 6.6

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 雍也第六·六之六 · Health · Cognition · Philosophy · Leadership

季康子問:「仲由可使從政也與?」子曰:「由也果,於從政乎何有!」曰:「賜也可使從政也與?」曰:「賜也達,於從政乎何有!」曰:「求也可使從政也與?」曰:「求也藝,於從政乎何有!」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%AB%96%E8%AA%9E/%E9%9B%8D%E4%B9%9F%E7%AC%AC%E5%85%AD
雍也第六·六之六

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What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter II, Paragraph 710

Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book II, Chapter II · Investing

Since this is the case, it has been observed, with regard to every particular commodity, taken separately, it must be so with regard to all the commodities which compose the whole annual produce of the land and labour of every country, taken complexly. The whole price or exchangeable value of that annual produce must resolve itself into the same three parts, and be parcelled out among the different inhabitants of the country, either as the wages of their labour, the profits of their stock, or the rent of their land.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book II, Chapter II, paragraph 710

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Does this passage change one judgment about money or risk today?

17:00 Evening · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Andrew Carnegie:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Excerpt 64

Andrew Carnegie《Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie》· Chapter X · Leadership

"It is all very well for you, gentlemen, who work one day in the week and are masters of your time the other six during which you can view the beauties of Nature--all very well for you--but I think it shameful that you should endeavor to shut out from the toiling masses all that is calculated to entertain and instruct them during the only day which you well know they have at their disposal."

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
Chapter X, excerpt 64

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Henry Ford:My Life and Work, Excerpt 71

Henry Ford《My Life and Work》· Chapter VII · Leadership

When you come right down to it, most jobs are repetitive. A business man has a routine that he follows with great exactness; the work of a bank president is nearly all routine; the work of under officers and clerks in a bank is purely routine. Indeed, for most purposes and most people, it is necessary to establish something in the way of a routine and to make most motions purely repetitive--otherwise the individual will not get enough done to be able to live off his own exertions. There is no reason why any one with a creative mind should be at a monotonous job, for everywhere the need for creative men is pressing. There will never be a dearth of places for skilled people, but we have to recognize that the will to be skilled is not general. And even if the will be present, then the courage to go through with the training is absent. One cannot become skilled by mere wishing.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
Chapter VII, excerpt 71

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What does this passage say about how you work today?