don’t you dare give up
HOW TO LONG GAME
docs.google.comIn the short term a 1-of-1 purpose will almost always fail. Every day is yet another moment that people didn’t follow your vision and the world failed to transform according to your ideas. The failures are literally limitless.
With a longer view, however, this process looks different.
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
2 freaking million streams! I’ll keep posting this every million streams 😅 Thank you all for streaming Get Motivated ft. @jstlbby #getmotivated #affirmation #housemusic
instagram.comWhen you believe the work before you is the single piece that will forever define you, it’s difficult to let it go. The urge for perfection is overwhelming. It’s too much. We are frozen, and sometimes end up convincing ourselves that discarding the entire work is the only way to move forward. The only art the world gets to enjoy is from creators
... See moreCeline Nguyen • Everything I Read in February 2025

The first Philz location used to be a bodega. Here’s a picture of the first coffee station and my dad (Phil) tucked in the corner of the bodega (you can see bottles of Rémy Martin on the right).
The first several years of business weren’t pretty, but my dad and I obsessed over quality and every customer interaction.... See more
