Life Path Advice
What man actually needs is not some tension-less state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
from Viktor Frankl
There's nothing I revile quite as much as a dilettante. I don't like doing something to a mediocre level. It's great to be 70, because you really get to preach with some authority:
Get good at something. That's it. Everything else is bullshit.
— Jerry Seinfeld
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.’
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
from philosopher Roman Krznaric
How do you know you’re on your path? Because it disappears. You can’t see where you’re going. That’s how you know.
-David Whyte
Most times, the best way to create value is to double down on the domain-specific insights you’ve collected over your entire career.
—Nikita Bier
While you are at it, make your art. Do the stuff that only you can do.
jamesclear.com • "Make Good Art" by Neil Gaiman
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.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.
Vita Benes
“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.”