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Here are 13 things that every skilled chaos-surfer understands:
- How something appears to you may not be how it is.
- What is said or shown may not be all there is.
- What is true for me may not be true for you.
- The same words may mean different things to different people.
- What people say may not be what they mean. Because comms is lossy and language is me
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“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations
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In a rare 1988 interview, mythologist Joseph Campbell was asked "How would you advise somebody to tap into joy?"
In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing and beautiful answer I could have ever imagined: https://t.co/pmJk3qzmVu

I’ve finally realized why I’ve never been a fan of focusing just on productivity without focusing on other things as well.
Productivity is a natural outcome that happens when you have a deep purpose. When you have a deep purpose, you naturally come up with clear priorities to work on.
When you have a deep purpose and clear priorities, you become pr
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Venkatesh Rao • Placemaking vs. Mission-Shaping - By Venkatesh Rao

So much genius and money has gone into a metaphor that assumes
the zenith of humans desire to be status and likes and influence and conven-
ience and efficiency. Humans want all those things. But we also want to be
inspired. To be delighted. To express our deepest desires. To seek truth. To be
moved. To create. To be challenged.
the zenith of humans desire to be status and likes and influence and conven-
ience and efficiency. Humans want all those things. But we also want to be
inspired. To be delighted. To express our deepest desires. To seek truth. To be
moved. To create. To be challenged.
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