When Things Take Shape

If an idea would have a life-cycle i would say: first it manifests as rather abstract feeling, Guided by that feeling you go on search for a form that the feeling can be born into. Once you find a matching shape–the magic happens.

If I look at things that have turned out well in my life—my relationship, some of my essays, my current career—the "design process" has followed the same pattern. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an "unfolding."

If I look at things that have not turned out as well—my education, the books I've written and hidden on a hard drive in our at... See more

Let’s zoom way out. Before you join that gym, enroll in those classes, buy that TV, or even set goals, it helps to have some basic big-picture awareness that guides your actions. You need to take the time to articulate your vision for what it means to live a meaningful life based on your felt experience. If you don’t orient yourself this way, you c

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On growing Daylight

It's a fascinating dual world. One half is the way you grow the tribe, recruit people, get investors on board, customers, folks, etc. by speaking to the world you want to build and sharing what you’re trying to do. We're not a technology company. We're not a blank company. I think it's just a core set of principles and beliefs

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