Play Your Own Games
Do more of what looks like work to others but is play for you.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Be an adventurer, an inventor, an entrepreneur, an artist. Suggest your own ideas instead of reacting to everyone else's. Be an active participant in life and contribute to the world around you. Make good conversation. Make good art. Make a good adventure. But above all, make something.
James Clear • The Easiest Way to Live a Short, Unimportant Life
The work is the point, and my work is unique. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it. I’ve got my own weird angle on things that’s a useful counter-melody in the big orchestra of life.
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing
To find happiness in your career and life, embrace the philosophy of playing infinite games, where the goal is to keep playing rather than reach an end goal.
Lenny Rachitsky • Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more
