Commitment
Musings on committing and continually showing up to a place, a profession, or a person in an age of endless opportunities + persevering - even and especially when it's hard.
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Commitment
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Timothy Keller • 3 highlights
amazon.commy little life of optionality—my malleable, absorbent dunnage which lessens the shock of surprises, avoids pain and prevents breakage. No commitments, nobody counting on me, no one to disappoint and no one to disappoint me. Still, if life becomes intolerable—a measure which is lowered with each available treatment, each magical distraction—I have... See more
Pain & Surprise
beautifully strung together words on the curse of optionality and how staying put is progress.
Woody Allen said “80% of success is showing up.” To which @howes28 added, “and the other 20% is refusing to leave.”
I think about that a lot when companies run into tough times. So much of long term company success is built on the team simply persisting.
Eric Vishriatwitter.comthe teams best positioned to endure a bold journey are those in which the benefits from the sensation of progress outweigh the costs of working amidst uncertainty, anonymity, and anxiety.
if progress is a sufficient reward, you can be losing for a long time and still win.
scott belskytwitter.com