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Make Your Own Rules
Rules direct us to average behaviors. If we’re aiming to create works that are exceptional, most rules don’t apply. Average is nothing to aspire to. The goal is not to fit in. If anything, it’s to amplify the differences, what doesn’t fit, the special characteristics unique to how you see the world.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
his guidelines are more like a fundamental code of everyday living: - know your long-range purposes - work in the service of some cause that you can respect - attempt to live and work in an environment in line with your own innate values - develop a philosophy of gratitude - reduce procrastination – it can be dangerous - use muscular activity to al
... See moreGregg Krech • The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology
“People get better at regulating their impulses. They learn how to distract themselves from temptations. And once you’ve gotten into that willpower groove, your brain is practiced at helping you focus on a goal.
Charles Duhigg • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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
Andrea Zittel • Andrea Zittel, "These Things I Know for Sure"
