we forget that we have the power to become the very person we long for.
Think about it.
What kind of person do you feel safe with?
Who makes you feel at home in your skin?
Whose presence feels like a deep exhale, not because they're perfect, but because they’re kind, because they listen, because they don’t make you feel small for feeling too much?
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Think about it.
What kind of person do you feel safe with?
Who makes you feel at home in your skin?
Whose presence feels like a deep exhale, not because they're perfect, but because they’re kind, because they listen, because they don’t make you feel small for feeling too much?
Becom... See more
To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can
... See moreWho I Want To Be: I want to show up in life in such a way that you feel greeted in my presence. Welcomed. Worthy. Accepted. That means when I see you I start with love. It means I refuse to wait until my ego can determine your value to me. Forgive me for my impulse to judge, I want to unlearn that behavior. The truth is that you are human—my
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Ask useful questions
Show up before you’re expected
Make big promises and keep them
Identify errors and flaws and self-correct
Default to optimism
Do work worth doing
Build a useful network worth outsourcing work to
Show your work
Develop good taste
Generously invite feedback
Make productive decisions
Communicate with precision
Seven things I would tell my younger self 💚
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