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Type: House oversight committee exhibit (book excerpt/newsletter)
File Size: 1.63 MB
Summary

This document appears to be an excerpt from a book or a newsletter titled 'AN E-MAIL YOU NEED TO READ,' which has been included as an exhibit in a House Oversight investigation (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013990). The text focuses on mindfulness and the brevity of life, featuring quotes from Seneca and Steve Jobs, and introduces the poem 'Slow Dance' by David L. Weatherford. The content urges the reader to slow down and not worry about external expectations.

People (5)

Name Role Context
Seneca Philosopher
Quoted at the beginning of the text regarding living and busyness.
Steve Jobs CEO of Apple Computer
Quoted regarding mortality and decision making from his 2005 Stanford Commencement speech.
David L. Weatherford Child Psychologist / Poet
Identified as the original author of the poem 'Slow Dance'.
Unnamed Author Narrator
The person writing the text (likely Tim Ferriss, as this text appears in 'The 4-Hour Workweek').
Unnamed Friend Friend of Author
Forwarded the poem to the author two years prior.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
Apple Computer
Listed in Steve Jobs' title.
Stanford University
Location of the commencement speech cited.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013990'.

Timeline (1 events)

2005
Stanford University Commencement
Stanford University

Locations (1)

Location Context
Location of the 2005 Commencement speech.

Relationships (1)

Author Friendship Unnamed Friend
Text mentions 'forwarded... by a close friend'.

Key Quotes (4)

"There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn. — SENECA"
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"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. —STEVE JOBS"
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"The heaviness of success-chasing can be replaced with a serendipitous lightness when you recognize that the only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves."
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"You better slow down. / Don’t dance so fast. / Time is short. / The music won’t last."
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