how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
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how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
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- Aspirations — even unlikely ones, maybe especially unlikely ones — are an essential part of living well. When we are at our most ailing, we are reduced to thinking and talking only of our ailments. When we are at our most vigorous, our most alive, we think and talk of our goals and aspirations. Over long time frames, the pessimist becomes an unobse... See more
from Efforts and Goals and Joy by Simon Sarris
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We sometimes like to comfort ourselves by imagining that the ambitious are prideful and arrogant so that those of us who never risk, never aspire, never launch out into the deep get to wear the moralizing mantle of humility. But this imagining is often just thin cover for a lack of courage, even laziness. Playing it safe isn’t humble. Second, it is
... See morefrom On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts by James K. A. Smith
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- Compulsion. I think about that word a lot. I believe that all of us, carelessly walking about planet earth, are intrinsically compelled to do something . It’s in our nature, in the shape of our soul. To excel, to truly be the best, I think it’s crucial to spend time thinking about what that is. Because if you do something other than that, you’re no... See more
from How David Perell Uses ChatGPT as a Creative Partner by Dan Shipper
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Callard defines aspiration as the slow process of “trying on the values that we hope one day to possess.”69 This is in contrast to an ambitious journey where we already know what we value.
from The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life by Paul Millerd
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Callard defines aspiration as the slow process of “trying on the values that we hope one day to possess.”69 This is in contrast to an ambitious journey where we already know what we value.
from The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life by Paul Millerd
Callard defines aspiration as the slow process of “trying on the values that we hope one day to possess.”69 This is in contrast to an ambitious journey where we already know what we value.
from The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life by Paul Millerd