My Dream is Not a Baby

By the way this question is itself a good example of one of my core beliefs: individuals can challenge and encourage each other to dream bigger, in a way that’s not as easy to do independently. (read Tyler Cowen: the high return of raising others’ aspirations)

🚀 1. You don't need permission to go after wild dreams

Life is short and it's more fun when you're doing something bold. So if you have a grand vision you'd like to pursue, you already have permission to go after it.

As the child of immigrants, I felt like I had to play it safe to honor my parents' sacrifice, but now I see it in reverse: by swingin... See more

But I wonder what it would look like for financial or personal growth to lead to different, better kinds of communal living instead of an exit from it altogether.

Your dream projects might be dreams because they’re not formed in dialog with the world, not because they’re good ideas

The most important question for me is, "How do I want to spend my days?" And the answer is: I want to spend my time thinking, creating, and ideating with a small group of people to build a beautiful, creative, values-aligned business. I am not interested in 14-hour work days, back-to-back meetings that deplete my energy, can’t catch a breath to-do ... See more

But here’s what we do know as we age: we come to realise that ‘out there’ is not a place in the world- it is a place in our heads. It’s an emotional state of mind that requires risk, vulnerability and the timid hope that what you dream of doing might just be of value to the world. Those are hard things to reconcile as you get older. Risk can seem f... See more

To combat any grand ambitions of the future that are starting to turn toxic, just imagine that what you’ve already accomplished is all you ever need to do.

My Substack is already the fulfillment of my life’s potential. I didn’t have to end up here. Because of all my decisions over the last 15 years, I have now have this his site, some ideas on ther

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