Advice About Being
by Jimmy Cerone · updated 20d ago
Advice About Being
by Jimmy Cerone · updated 20d ago
“It's tough to be good at something you're not interested in. It's nearly impossible to be great at something you're not obsessed with.”
Jimmy Cerone added 1mo ago
Really getting me thinking, especially as I watch Brooklyn 99 and The Bear, both shows where people give a huge shit about what they do.
“You deserve to be loved and chosen — not almost loved, or almost chosen. ... Have the courage to let go of the people who leave your heart confused. Let go of the people who make you feel like you are compromising all that you desire, and all that you hope for, and all of the goodness and the beauty that you know exists in this world, for a skinny
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(The four obligations — strong body, clear mind, pure spirit, and devotion to the welfare of your people — reminded me a lot of the 4-H pledge I grew up saying. Everything is connected.)
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And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”
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What we fill our lives with is who we are. I’ve spent so long removing and thought so little about what I add.
That is not a growth juggernaut. In fact, that sounds downright bad. Like, maybe you should shut the company down because it’s obviously not working. Or at least, there should be an existential struggle about whether to continue.
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I still forgot that success is slooooow
“What I’ve always felt,” Ezra said, “is we don’t try to top a previous album. Instead, we try to continue to reveal the whole. It’s like if you're showing someone around the United States, and you started out in Los Angeles—if the person has never seen the rest of America, they might say, ‘Ok, I get it, America is filled with palm trees, sunshine,
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“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted.
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“A prototype is worth a thousand meetings” (building a simple way to ‘taste test’ is often faster AND better than trying to figure things out in our heads)
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I need to remember this more when I’m terrified of the imagined scenarios in my head
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