knowing vs. doing
exploring the difference between having knowledge and being able to act on it. the difference between reading a lot and being able to integrate and embody those learnings.
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knowing vs. doing
We learn who we are in practice, not in theory.” We learn whether an idea is incredible or terrible when we put it into practice, not when we talk about it in theory
Duke Stump | The Beauty Of Not Knowing
vimeo.comDuke walks us through how ‘not knowing’ served him in his life.
Some highlights:
Do it because it ‘feels right’
Less focus around what’s the logical path, and more on the emotional - what feels right
Sit still and listen vs give into the urge to do something
Go from doing to being
Replace what’s your purpose with what makes you curious? - Notice the difference in how these make you feel
Keep returning to this one burning question - what does the world need most that i am/we are most uniquely qualified to deliver - when you can answer this, you can hit the go button
The concept of Santosha - means complete contentment in yoga philosophy. Relation to Equanimity: Allows acceptance of all circumstances, including pleasure and pain.
Some quotes (we love quotes)
“It’s become a courageous act to love who you are”
“My jam is not about driving traffic, doing the best acquisitions, crm. I wake up in the morning to find the soul of the place, establish it and celebrate it”
“I don’t really have a point of view about data and the known, and how everything you do is directly gonna drive revenue.”
“To know is to be in a prison
To not know is to be free” - Christian Murdy
You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire.
Within five years, it will make little sense for scholars of history to keep producing monographs in the traditional mold—nobody will... See more
Within five years, it will make little sense for scholars of history to keep producing monographs in the traditional mold—nobody will... See more
D. Graham Burnett • Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence? | the New Yorker
1965 letter from artist Sol LeWitt to sculptor Eva Hesse on overcoming self doubt
"Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical."
Knowledge of the world isn’t the same as experiencing the world. Why does online connection so often seem to lack aliveness, as compared to encounters with the world of flesh-and-blood people, nature, and material things? This paragraph from Karl Ove Knausgaard struck me as eloquent: “It feels as if the whole world has been transformed into images
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Motion, as I well know, is a dangerous place to be. It feels like you’re doing something, but all the while, the needle isn’t moving an inch. Motion doesn’t produce any... See more
Motion, as I well know, is a dangerous place to be. It feels like you’re doing something, but all the while, the needle isn’t moving an inch. Motion doesn’t produce any... See more