General inspo
If everyone is busy making everything,
how can anyone perfect anything?
We start to confuse convenience with joy.
Abundance with choice.
Designing something requires focus.
The first thing we ask is:
What do we want people to feel?
Delight.
Surprise.
Love.
Connection.
Then we begin to craft around our intention.
It takes time.
There are a thousand no’s for... See more
how can anyone perfect anything?
We start to confuse convenience with joy.
Abundance with choice.
Designing something requires focus.
The first thing we ask is:
What do we want people to feel?
Delight.
Surprise.
Love.
Connection.
Then we begin to craft around our intention.
It takes time.
There are a thousand no’s for... See more
Apple, “Intention” | Insights and Inspiration from 50+ Great Examples
It seems odd to look at achievement through this lens, not as the thing the newspapers tell us it is, but – very often – as a species of mental illness. Those who put up the skyscrapers, write the bestselling books, perform on stage, or make partner may, in fact, be the unwell ones. Whereas the characters who – without agony – can bear an ordinary... See more
The School of Life • Overcoming the Need to Be Exceptional
It’s Not ‘Mess.’ It’s Creativity.
Opinion | It’s Not ‘Mess.’ It’s Creativity. (Published 2013)
The Art of Being Unmistakable: A Collection of Essays About Making a Dent in The Universe
amazon.com“Optimistic but dissatisfied is the road to progress.”
251 / “Optimistic but dissatisfied is the road to progress.”

Can’t ever get this image out of my head…
Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
People who experience flow describe it as “a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems,” and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an “optimal experience.” Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to
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