Identity
Every little part of my life meant something, I just didn’t know it at the time
Thought Catalog • From Failure to Fresh Start
Question: How can I judge myself less harshly and appreciate myself more?
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some... See more
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some... See more
If you can see your path5 laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
More and more it seems to me that about the best thing in life is to have a piece of work worth doing and then to do it well.
Leadership Quotes by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Love, we recognize that the fear of letting people down keeps us trapped and unable to heal and live a life that is our own.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
“I spent a year as a creative director doing exactly this. Good salary. Decent title. Work that needed doing. But nothing that required me specifically. Nothing that used the particular way I see the world. Which is why I always felt like there was something missing from the role, and perhaps why I never felt truly very good at it.”
The Epidemic of... See more
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A less cynical way to think about the postmodern tech revolution is that it hasn’t completely subsumed the real, brilliant, chaotic world, but merely emphasized it as vital and precious. Artificial intelligence, in my view, continues this tradition. The only singularity it can truly achieve is one that understands humanity at its most inhuman (and... See more
Haley Nahman • #138: Do you pass the Turing test?
Emotionally unavailable men were taught as children that there is NO WAY to negotiate the storm. Emotionally unavailable men were taught that they don’t have what it takes to make things different.
Patti Henry • The Emotionally Unavailable Man
High lonesome can be a beautiful and powerful place if we can own our pain and share it instead of inflicting pain on others. And if we can find a way to feel hurt rather than spread hurt, we can change