“The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

“Your ability to rethink and unlearn matters far more than raw intelligence.”

“The hard choices — what we most fear doing, asking, saying — are very often exactly what we most need to do.”

“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”

You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking."

"Try to be wrong every once in a while, it’ll do your ego good."

"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose."

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

"Quality is not an act, but a habit."

"There's no shortage of remarkable ideas; what's missing is the will to execute them."

Quotes to Prepare You for a World That’s Constantly Changing

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Motivation & Inspiration

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Leadership & Management

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Meditation

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Psychology

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Personal Development

The Wisdom of Continuous Learning

These quotes encourage us to view challenges as opportunities for growth and transformation.

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Reading & Writing

The Power of Learning and Adaptation

Our brand-new Explore section awaits under the magnifying glass icon.Unlike the feed, Explore curates the perfect adventure, with:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Surprise Book Spins: Let fate (and our clever algorithm) pick your next great read!</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Hidden Gem Playlists: Unearth forgotten classics and hot new releases you wouldn't have found otherwise.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Deep Dives by Topic: Dive into your passions - from history buffs to sci-fi fanatics, there's something for everyone.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Connect with Bookworms: Find your fellow knowledge seekers and build a personalized learning experience together.</li></ul>

Explore our new section

Remember those thought-provoking quotes on the loading screen? They were a hit, and your requests for more have been heard!Say hello to trending quotes of the day right in the home section header. Swipe through them for a quick pick-me-up, or deep dive into the source for a richer dose of wisdom.And the best part? The quote seamlessly transitions from the loading screen, keeping the inspiration flowing. ✨Get ready to be uplifted every time you open the app!

Daily Dose of Inspiration

Our Topics section just got a turbocharged upgrade. The long lists of lists are now replaced by the same feed like navigation to get you reading faster. 
All your filters are still where you left them.

Topics Rabbit Hole

May brings new goodies. Just in time for Spring. 

May '24 Update: Down the Rabbit Hole

Great ideas presented in a digestible way. Which do work wonders especially if you turn some of them into actions:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">"I have taken great steps based on the ideas I saved"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"I found the ideas to be profound"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"This app knows me and gives me what I need to turn my life around"</li></ul>Deepstash is all about ideas, these magical pieces of nuggets that can inspire you or help you grow.

Life Changing Ideas

Thank you so much. I've transformed into a popular guy at school.

Tired of the endless scroll that's sucking your brain dry? Lots of you mentioned how Deepstash serves as a healthy complement (or alternative) to doomscrolling. <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">"This is the future of social media"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"Deepstash helps me with my doomscrolling addiction"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"Thank you for offering me moments of peace through the day"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"I found myself picking this up instead of Tiktok or Instagram"</li></ul>

Social Media Rehab

You seem to really enjoy our interaction with the cards and overall UI:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">"Love the cards"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"Amazing UX, great execution"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"One of the coolest UI and imersive experience"</li></ul>Idea cards in Deepstash are a unique way to capture and share insights. They showcase the playfulness and social elements of the platform in a market crowded by book summary apps.

Great User Interface & Experience

A pleasant surprise for any software developer. When the users praise the affordability of the product. <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">"Two dollars a week is nothing when you are benefiting yourself for a lifetime"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"Instant lifetime subscription"</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"I used it for free but had to subscribe just to make sure devs keep it up"</li></ul>

Affordable

We continue to be blown away by amazing reviews we get from all of you in the stores. These are some themes we are seeing after hundreds of thousands of 5-star reviews.

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Technology & The Future

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Learning & Education

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Communication

Why people love Deepstash

Want to instantly unlock the key ideas of a book? Just scan it with your camera.Here's the magic:<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Open the Deepstash search screen and tap the scanner button (top right).</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Grant Deepstash camera access (if you haven't already).</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Point your camera at any book cover, making sure it fits the rectangle on your screen.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Boom! Get ready to dive into the most popular ideas from the book.</li></ol>No more lugging around heavy tomes! Deepstash makes exploring books a breeze.P.S. Make sure the cover is clear and well-lit for the best results.

Turn your camera into a book scanner

This functionality enables some pretty cool use cases you could try:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Bookstore bonanza: Stumbled upon an intriguing cover but can't decide? Scan it to get a quick peek at the book's key ideas.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Friend's bookshelf brag: Spark a conversation by scanning your friend's bookshelf and discussing the coolest finds.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Web wanderer: Spot a captivating cover on Amazon? Scan it with Deepstash to see what the buzz is about.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Social media detective: See a book your favorite influencer is raving about? Scan the cover to discover what all the hype is about.</li></ul>PS: All your scanned books will be collected in stash.

Use-cases to try

"I propose a new university curriculum: 'Literature by Gist.' Simply scan the cover art, and - bam! - you've got the gist. Saves a tremendous amount of time for pondering semicolons and all that rot. Though, I fear 'Moby Dick' might just translate to 'Angry Whale."

We have a magical new feature we can't wait for you to try.

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Productivity

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Books

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Product & Design

Mar '24 Update - Magic Book Scan

Introducing our new AI writing assistant, accessible through the "magic" icon on your keyboard. This intuitive tool offers three modes to elevate your writing:<ul><li>Spellcheck: Identifies and corrects spelling errors.</li><li>Rephrase: Refines your ideas, enhances clarity, and introduces formatting, while preserving your original intent.</li><li>Enhance: Expands upon your text, generating fresh ideas and restructuring your content.</li></ul>

Idea Writing Assistant

Try exploring these creative techniques:<ul><li>Expand on concise notes: Capture fleeting ideas using brief phrases or keywords, and let the AI elaborate on them, transforming them into well-developed concepts.</li><li>Refine existing content: Utilize the "Quick Ideas" button to select paragraphs from articles and seamlessly reformat them into concise, atomic ideas.</li><li>Iterate for excellence: Draft a rough note, refine it with the AI's assistance, and continue editing until you achieve exceptional results.</li></ul>

Experiments for putting the new AI to work

Upon tapping "Create," you'll now encounter a revamped interface that presents your drafts alongside options to initiate new posts. But the enhancements extend beyond a mere visual refresh:<ol><li>The entire editor transforms into a dynamic preview, enabling seamless navigation between ideation & editing.</li><li>Personal context can now be added directly within the same view.</li><li>Customize the cover images for your own posts or refine those for articles.</li><li>AI-powered topic suggestions are now available to guide your writing endeavours.</li><li>You can make image-only ideas, for the cases when an image is worth 1000 words.</li></ol>

Streamlined Creation Workflow

This release is focused on revamping the idea creation flow with a focus on AI writing assistance. Drop us a comment with your impressions.

Nov '23 Update - AI Powered Idea Creation

Creativity is just connecting ideas.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

Learning is dialog, not consumption. The attitude that creates curiosity is to see learning as principally driven by asking questions and coming up with answers, not consuming information.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

People don’t judge you so much for who you are as they judge you for how you communicate yourself.

People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.

You need lots of ideas to get a few good ones. Good ideas are a metric of quantity not just quality.

The units of biological evolution are genes. The units of cultural evolution are ideas.

To truly create something amazing, or contribute to the world, you have to be able to connect countless dots and cross-pollinate existing ideas from a wealth of unrelated disciplines.

I never dream of success. I work for it.

Great men are not born great, they grow great.

Contrary to popular opinion, listening is not a passive activity. It is the most active thing you can do.

These quotes offer insights into the power of creative thinking, the importance of active learning, and the transformative nature of altering one's perspective. Discover wisdom from renowned minds that will inspire you to embrace innovation, engage in lifelong learning, and view the world from fresh and enlightening angles.

Inspirational Quotes on Creativity, Learning, and Perspective

Time management is not a peripheral activity or skill. It is the core skill upon which everything else in life depends.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.

If an action will take less than two minutes, it should be done at the moment it’s defined.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward mastery of a subject.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

Working hard for something we do not care about is called stress, working hard for something we love is called passion.

Good habits are hard to form, but easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to form, but hard to live with.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

Life is a constant balance between giving into the ease of distraction or overcoming the pain of discipline.

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole. Don't try to picture everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand, and ask, Why is this so unbearable? Why can't I endure it? You'll be embarrassed to answer.

These quotes explore the profound intersection of time management and personal development, habit formation, focus over distractions, and the pursuit of personal growth.

Quotes on Time Management and Personal Development

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

It’s not the chatter of people around us that is the most powerful distractor, but rather the chatter of our own minds.

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.

The moment you take personal responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.

My experience is what I agree to attend to.

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

If you set your bar at amazing, it’s awfully difficult to start.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

These timeless insights from notable thinkers and philosophers offer wisdom, inspiration, and guidance for those seeking a deeper understanding of their life's journey.

Quotes on Life's Purpose and Transformation

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Wishing you joy, success, and lots of happiness in the coming year.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.

The pursuit of meaning — not happiness — is what makes life worthwhile.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

Knowledge is not power. Knowledge is only potential power. Action is power.

Life consists of an enormous number of choices that come at us, and each decision we make has consequences, so the quality of our lives depends on the quality of the decisions we make.

If you have more than three priorities, you don’t have any.

The best book is the one you can’t put down. The best exercise is the one you enjoy doing every day. The best health food is the one you find tasty. The best work is the work you’d do for free.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Whether you're seeking motivation to overcome obstacles, strategies for achieving your goals, or simply a fresh perspective on life, these quotes offer a path to unlock your full potential and strive for excellence. Let these words guide you on your journey to becoming the best version of yourself and realizing your dreams.

Pathways to Success: Wisdom and Insights for Self-Improvement

If you want to have good ideas, you must have many ideas.

The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value.

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

We have to put action before feeling confidence because when we see ourselves doing challenging things, we start to believe we can.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Life is essentially an endless series of problems—the solution to one problem is merely the creation of the next. Don’t hope for a life without problems. Hope for a life full of good problems.

It is more moral for an idea to kill a society than it is for a society to kill an idea.

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.

Whether you're seeking inspiration for personal transformation, motivation to overcome challenges, strategies for personal development, or simply a fresh perspective on life, these quotes offer valuable lessons in navigating the ever-evolving landscape of our existence.