Contradictions
We like to think of it as the work of singular geniuses whose motivations are purely creative and untainted by the market — this, despite the fact that music, publishing, and film have always been for-profit industries where formulaic, churned-out work is what often sells best.
Rebecca Jennings • Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.
There are no more tricks to play when the frightened mind and the seeking mind meet.
Feel safe forgetting so you can forget and remember, simultaneously.
thinking: knowing your hypocrisy may be the greatest underestimated power in leadership. by knowing the thing you do that you resent in others, perhaps we can avoid some of life's greatest traps.
a quick and easy gym for this muscle? while driving, what you critique in others, honestly ask if you’ve ever done it yoursel... See more
scott belskyx.comWe’re highly attuned to contradictions, I think. You might say they make us who we are. Even our attitude to contradictions is contradictory - we indulge our own but deny others the right to any.
The heart is an organ of paradox: it empties and fills simultaneously.
Heart of Paradox
They’ll tell you, you need to be kind and forthright and aggressive and meditative and a free spirit and dependable and cautious and not be pushed around and live free or die and be helpful and put your own gas mask on first and be spiritual and religious and empirical and scientific and hate this and vault that and play to your talents and always
... See moreI spy on myself and watch my reactions
Sometimes I don't approve, sometimes I don't approve
Sometimes I don't approve, sometimes I don't approve