current motivations

Too many businesses don’t really understand that the core of their business is making people feel good. Whether it’s walking into a store or a restaurant, or being on an airplane, most people go through life hoping that good things will happen to them, and they return to businesses that make those things happen.

When you look back at the most fruitful moments of your life years from now, you’ll be surprised to discover how many of them unfolded amid a big loss or a crisis or in the face of a giant unknown.

At one point during the panel, I said the fact that I am a woman is — I think — the least interesting thing about me, and that I would love us to collectively reach a point where that was reflected in the external world

The real reason you're tired all the time: It's not your workload. It's your open loops. The text you haven't answered. The apology you owe. The decision you're avoiding. The conversation you keep postponing. These run in the background of your mind all day, draining your battery. Close your loops. Watch your energy return. Mental clutter is more... See more

The calvary isn’t coming.

You don’t need the calvary.

The calvary is kind of all over the place and they are a bit useless.

You are the power. You are the source. You have agency. You have the ability to create and connect on your own incredibly powerful terms.

Artists need to realise that it’s YOU. You have the power.

Doing something on your own terms can feel better than doing the exact same thing when someone else is peering over your shoulder, telling you what to do, guiding you along .

“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

-Mary Oliver