Good Work : Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition

Good work has been a steady “home” I can return to throughout this entire process. It has transformed my entire relationship to life itself and the contrast between my previous path and my current one is stark. It’s not simply a change in the kind of work I do, it’s a fundamental shift in how I show up in the world. All I have to do now is stay con

In one of my jobs, for months at a time I would have just five to ten hours of client work a week, but I was still expected to commute and be in the office for more than 55 hours a week. I literally did laps around the office, drank extra coffee just to feel something, and took two-hour lunches in the park, sometimes taking a nap on the grass. That

Now that I have tasted this freedom, I will not be soul-sucked for any amount of money.

When you're disconnected from the work you do, it's a constant struggle because you are moving directly against your own nature.

“Coming alive over getting ahead.”

“Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.”⁠1

“Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.”⁠

A certain amount of destruction is inevitable during a life transition.

How much great work is never started because of people’s dedication to the standard workweek?