The Heart Is the Bottleneck

Wonder: leaving the door open to the possibility that anything could happen

People prefer to learn from those who are within reach, who only recently walked the path

When we impose too much order on our ideas, it is these very connections that slip through the cracks.

As our world gets more complex, chaotic, and unpredictable, this assumption gets riskier and riskier. The downsides of not benefitting from randomness become ever greater. That’s because the greatest breakthroughs usually come from connections that are unexpected, unusual, and unorthodox.

this is where empathy has to begin – with ourselves.

Everything in the Stream is persuasion, argument, or advocacy. Everything is personal and very urgent.

And for my work, I think the growth edge is to give it away.

When you allow yourself to truly be seen, an amazing thing happens: you realize that your very existence, who you are, is in itself a contribution to those around you. Not what you do or what you produce, but just your presence.

But if we don’t do these things regularly, they tend to blow up right at the worst possible moments.