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Hate creating content? Then document your journey instead: ∙ Build something. ∙ Make mistakes. ∙ Talk about it. I started doing this 10 days ago.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. (Bertrand Russell)

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some

The secret is not to chase butterflies, but to take care of the garden so they'll come to you

Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others. -OH, on building teams and brand commu

Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

We can, therefore, interpret neoliberalization either as a utopian project to realize a theoretical design for the reorganization of international cap

"Caring about everything is a disaster. Caring about nothing is also a disaster. Nurture the small pocket of things that truly matter to you."

C.S. Lewis on the value of starting where you are: “You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending

I met many aspiring artists in my early 20s. Observing their trajectories since then, I've learned that long-shot careers in the arts (famous singer,

This is why I feel like people who are less cerebral and less aware of all of the ways in which they are imperfect, they just blast past everyone else

If you want to create the common sense that comes from twenty years of being in the world, you need to devote twenty years to the task. You can't asse

From reading over 100 business books and running a startup for over a year, here's a 2-word summary of communication that might save you years of read

A person can have the greatest idea in the world but if they can't convince enough other people, it doesn't matter. ​ Steve Jobs ​

In their quest for happiness, people mistake excitement of the mind for real happiness.

If it was hard work that counted, the donkey would own the farm.

The 37signals Guide to Internal Communication The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video?

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch. – Jean-Luc Godard

That is the opposite of the discourse that dominates today, the one that is so very hard on people and far too soft on structures.

Denial is so much easier than looking inward, or backward, or forward; so much easier than change. But denial needs narratives, cover stories, and tha

“Everything worthwhile is done with other people.”