Anxiety Coffee Procrastination Break
You don't have ideas because you don't read.
You can't articulate ideas because you don't write.
You can't leverage ideas because you don't build.
You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.
DAN KOEsubstack.com"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
Leber • Persistence Prevails
Most of our self–doubt comes from comparing our messy inner world to everyone else’s polished exterior.
You know your whole chaotic inner life.
You only see everyone else’s edit.
So if you sometimes worry you’re a fraud, that isn’t proof you’re fake.
It’s proof you’re honest enough to notice the gap.
The therapist helps patients realize that it is possible to coexist with anxiety instead of avoiding it.
Dr. Brian Ogawa • Desire For Life : The Practitioner’s Introduction to Morita Therapy
Experience. Don’t observe.
Inhale. Don’t read.
Transfigure. Don’t shift.
Advocate. Don’t ponder.
Prove. Don’t promise.
Encourage. Don’t cut.
Imagine. Don’t worry.
Do. Don’t analyze.
Hear. Don’t listen.
Show. Don’t tell.
Give. Don’t take.
Brian Collins • 101 Design Rules
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha