Clare
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Clare
The answer is an unequivocal yes. So why, if this is all so and too true, do women keep trying to bend and fold themselves into shapes that are not theirs? I must say, from years of clinical observation of this problem, that most of the time it is not because of deep-seated masochism or a malignant dedication to self-destruction or anything of that
... See moreDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
once again, I am deeply disgusted that I must first be bad at something in order to get good at it
Internet Peoplesubstack.comNobody is brave at the beginning. Bravery is dug out of the deepest part of us, often by necessity.
Brianna Wiest • The Pivot Year
years ago someone suggested using the word devotion instead of discipline and I swear it’s the only reason I am so committed to the things that I love ~ bc devotion is an act of love ~ while discipline feels like an act of force
viendasubstack.comAll women strive to be this unattainable woman - a goddess, a queen, charismatic, charming both men and women. Women love men - but they have an obsession with other women. Comparison and never being enough. It always being just out of reach no matter how much you achieve. There is always better, more. Sometimes you feel you can reach out and touch
... See moreYou may fear the quiet times in your life, when your soul goes through a winter. However, it’s often those same times when the most profound and human work of all is being completed. Be still. Do nothing. It is both the quiet and the noise that writes the symphony,
Brianna Wiest • The Pivot Year
Creativity and The mind
It’s simple: Whatever you put yourself to, do it 100 times before you even THINK of stopping. This stops you from succumbing12 to what Seth Godin calls “the dip,” the moment in a long slog between starting and when mastery sets in where you start hating the work and you want to quit.
Noah Kagan • Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
You’d be shocked to know how many of the world’s biggest businesses started with published content. The founders of Twitter were bloggers and authors who were sharing ideas about the future of social media long before their platform was even conceived. Bill Gates wrote articles for his local computer clubs and attracted the first talented employees
... See moreDaniel Priestley • Key Person of Influence
The US Department of Labor estimates that a worker who enters the labour force today will have ten to fourteen jobs by the time they are thirty-eight. In addition, top talent is increasingly mobile; they live and work their way around the world.