Life advice from a great 2021 novel
In the beginning, the dissonance between the scale of your aspirations and the reality of your days will riddle you with anxiety. You will be tempted to strip the unknown of its surprises and travel to the future: What if my customers churn? What if a competitor introduces a better product? What if I run out of ideas? But spending your time wrestli... See more
Sari Azout • Check your Pulse #49
I realise at this late stage – coming up to forty years of creative work – that you build a life over time – there is no rush. What matters is to do the work that interests you; find a way to pay your bills, shape everything you do around your core values, because every decision we make – and that’s the food on the plate to the people we work with ... See more
AUTHOR | JEANETTE WINTERSON
The key, he wrote, is to “concentrate on this for your whole life long: for your mind to be in the right state.” That includes “welcoming wholeheartedly whatever comes,” “trusting that all is for the best,” and “not worrying too often, or with any selfish motive, about what other people say. Or do, or think.”
William Green • Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
Make friends. It is dangerous to go alone. You heal yourself by helping others. Be kind and serve others. We can do more together than we can do alone.
Find out how you are fucked up. “They fuck you up your mom and dad, they don’t mean to but they do…” You inherited all sorts of bullshit that you don’t even know.
Own your shit and fix it. You will ne... See more
Find out how you are fucked up. “They fuck you up your mom and dad, they don’t mean to but they do…” You inherited all sorts of bullshit that you don’t even know.
Own your shit and fix it. You will ne... See more