Break the mold

Life is a series of patterns we can break

In the act of creativity, being careful

guarantees sameness and mediocrity, which

means your work will be invisible.

Better to be reckless than careful.

Better to be bold than safe.

Better to have your work seen and remembered,

or you’ve struck out.

There is no middle ground

George Lois • Damn Good Advice

I am convinced that we are not made for clear-cut, well-delineated schedules. We are made to live like firemen, with downtime for lounging and meditating between calls, under the protection of protective uncertainty.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb; Fooled by Randomness

Faffing about > Scheduling Tetris

If you don’t know what to do...

Just do something, anything, but only that thing, for at least 5 minutes.

Stay open to everything that draws your attention.
Don’t dwell on what’s expected of you to do.
Follow your heart, and do what feels right.

— Susan Sontag

Danger of comparing to what’s “typical” is that we inevitably aim too low

The key to every human being success lies in his mind — his gold mine. Think deliberately & with purpose.

— Earl Nightingale

"Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things."

- Ray Bradbury