Life Path Advice
by Forest Linden · updated 4d ago
Life Path Advice
- In other words, the hard part isn’t writing, or coding, or speaking.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.from Vita Benes
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- There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
-H Thurmanfrom (1) Home / Twitter
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- “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
from A quote by Jim Carrey by Jim Carrey
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My generic career advice for young people is that if at all possible, you should aim to work on something that no one has a word for. Spend your energies where we don’t have a name for what you are doing, where it takes a while to explain to your mother what it is you do. When you are ahead of language, that means you are in a spot where it is mor
... See morefrom Interview: Kevin Kelly, Editor, Author, and Futurist by Kevin Kelly
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- The only productive way to answer ‘What should I do now?’ is to first tackle the question of ‘Who should I become?' Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living
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- 1/4 Additional new bits of advice I wished I had known earlier (not in my book), as my gift on my 73 birthday: • The best way to criticize something is to make something better. • Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better person. • Forget trying to decide what your life’s destiny is. That’s too grand. Instead, just... See more
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Rather than hoping to create a harmonious union between the pursuit of money and values, we might have better luck trying to combine values with talents. This idea comes courtesy of Aristotle, who is attributed with saying, ‘Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.’
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- This efficient pursuit of predictable value is the quiet dignity of the mass of working people. But if we are to solve the bigger structural, spiritual, and intellectual problems which aren’t addressed by existing institutions, someone needs to be exploring off of the established road, where there is a high probability of failing to accomplish anyt... See more
from Quit Your Job by Wolf Tivy
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- What man actually needs is not some tension-less state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
from How to Find Fulfilling Work by Maria Popova
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