"the best and most creative work comes from a root of joy and excitement" https://t.co/tRjPipcK2o
"the best and most creative work comes from a root of joy and excitement" https://t.co/tRjPipcK2o
Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.”
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
People are happy enough rich, and people are happy enough poor. But it’s hard to imagine anyone happy without a feeling that their actions have some impact, however small. Even if you’re not going to be remembered by history, you want to be remembered by your barista. The prisoner, though largely robbed of power, is probably happier if he can vex h... See more
Sasha Chapin • What the Humans Like Is Responsiveness
To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire. You have to be able to say, at the end, wow, that's pretty cool.
Paul Graham • How to Do What You Love
Some signs you might be missing...
You know that confusing and shameful feeling when someone you know is starting a company, writing a book, or having immense business success and you're happy...but there's another part of you that is sad, mad, jealous?
That's not a sign that you're not a good friend or a good person but a sign you want to make somet
... See moreI am aware that I shouldn’t judge how people try to escape the 9-to-5 grind. I am aware that a job’s purpose is money, not emotional enrichment. I know!
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path t... See more
What I am instead arguing for is something more expansive. The thing you should work hard at is everything . Finding ways to imbue each moment with meaning and purpose and effort is the only path t... See more