Intensity

If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.

But obsession is intoxicating. And anyone who has been obsessed knows that. Obsession pulls you in like quick sand. It immerses you. And the most startling part is that you go willingly. If you wanted to resist it, you could. But there’s that moment, that line, where you let your

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a lot of celebrated qualities are incompatible with each other. Ambition often comes with discontent; focus with rigidity; contentment with complacency. A couple that does everything together probably has fewer close friends. A social butterfly might have a messy house. These are crude examples, but it’s worth remembering that we all have to assess... See more

0:00 - You want to achieve mastery in some sense in your life. So all these things come together and so for some people community becomes very addictive. I’ve certainly been in communities about products or games, where [those topics] became 2nd importance. Because the community became the main driver to come back to this group of people to nerd ou... See more

“To live externally is to live more dangerously,” Moskowitz writes, of giving up the constant inward gaze. “It is to live a life that takes up public space, a life that is messy and confusing and thus a life that is often frowned upon, especially in an era in which everyone is accustomed to control and curation over social space and affect.”

SHOW UP WITH HEARTFELT INTENSITY... It is often more innate than taught. Not everyone you meet has got it and that’s perfectly alright, but we look for those people in which it’s undeniable.‍.. That thing that compels you all to obsess over the details others overlook, and do it with gusto — that’s heartfelt intensity.