getting to know yourself
learning how to write was very much like learning how to live: it all begins by listening to your inner voice and honoring it.
Living is as much a craft as is writing. There are rules and frameworks one can follow, but ultimately, one must define and cultivate one’s own style.
Living is as much a craft as is writing. There are rules and frameworks one can follow, but ultimately, one must define and cultivate one’s own style.
Ashley Zhang • Surrender control over your stories
This is the most valuable skill in the world: knowing yourself and knowing your needs.
Ava • the right thing for you will not feel wrong all the time
Being a creative means embracing the urge to put more of yourself—your identity, personality, and unique way of seeing—into the world, whether it be the way you make your breakfast in the morning or your trick for getting through your morning commute, or the themes that keep coming up among the thousands of photos in your camera roll. When we... See more
Spencer Chang • field notes on being a creative [pt. 1]
Accurate self-knowledge is critical to getting what you want out of life and to building meaningful relationships with others in both life and work. This assessment is available to everyone so they can benefit from the journey of understanding not only themselves, but their coworkers, families, friends and communities better.
Adam Grant • PrinciplesYou From Ray Dalio
We need to know ourselves more fully because the resulting awareness helps to make sense of why the gap between the way we are living and the world we would like to create endures.
The RSA • The Spiritual and the Political: Beyond Russell Brand
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