from outcome to process

"The metacrisis" is attractive because it suggests you can save the world by thinking about it extremely abstractly.

Often, the key to succeeding at something big is to break it into its tiniest pieces and focus on how to succeed at just one piece.

The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the next step.

"Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing.

Same direction. Completely different energy."

Reframing “work” as a process of embodied intention not only inverts the relationship between process and output (and makes us question why that relationship ever seemed hierarchical in the first place) but also forces us to prioritize the things that make process more enjoyable, true, delightful and meaningful.

Sometimes the best way to achieve something great is to stop trying to achieve a particular great thing. In other words, greatness is possible if you are willing to stop demanding what that greatness should be.

To arrive somewhere remarkable we must be willing to hold many paths open without knowing where they might lead.