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Because here is the thing: every bit of communication to a group of people is ripe for misunderstanding. But the true delusion exists when we pretend like it isn’t. Even if we have been on the other side of the dynamic many times before, misunderstanding things.
Elise Granata • How to Keep Your Cool When Misunderstood By Entire Groups of People
teenage engineering
teenage.engineering
High accomplishment and hard work evoke many reactions, but very few of them are the ones that we want. For all that we want it to be, competence is not warmth. The emotions you get for being competent— faith, gratitude, admiration — are important, but they aren’t enough to fill the void when what you lack in life is warmth, love, and communion.
James Horton • You Can Seek Love Now, Not Later
Eleven propositions to the question: What is contemporary about craft?
Julia Bryan-Wilsonarts.berkeley.eduTo feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings.
the intimacy of your surroundings.
People have all kinds of ambitions, goals, and plans, but consistently following through is the hard part. Some people are wired to make steady progress or have learned to do this well. But many people depend on external pressures and constraints, feedback, check-ins, and high stakes — financial, professional, or social — to spur them into action.... See more
kev • On the proliferation and efficiency of writing circles
there are 9,000 problems in life that have the solution "know more local people" and people will do literally anything except spend time on that
Simon Sarristwitter.comImagine how much relationships would change if people went into one thinking “how can I make this person’s life better” instead of “how can this person make my life better”
Sherrytwitter.com