loving the process
Natalie Audelo and
loving the process
Patience. By nature, I’m impatient – with myself, sometimes with others. I like to move forward. I like to get things done. When there’s a problem, I prefer to fix it now . That’s true both professionally and when it comes to interpersonal relationships. When I’m trying to close a deal, I’ll find myself thinking, “What can I do to make it happen... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Kirsten Green
Prove you can do hard things
When a teenager asks why they need to learn calculus, what should you say?
You know they will never use it in adulthood, outside of certain career choices.
You could say, “It’ll help you get into college,” but then they’re left... See more
Nat Eliasontwitter.comPoet and art critic Charles Baudelaire explains how great ideas arise:
"Inspiration is merely the reward for working every day."
Source: Curiosites Esthetiques (1868)
"Inspiration is merely the reward for working every day."
Source: Curiosites Esthetiques (1868)
3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking
Alchemize the pickle. You will be relentlessly confronted with conundrums, situations, pickles, and dumpster fires for which you do not yet have the knowledge or skill set because you have not had to navigate it before.4 Take a moment to reflect on why, check whether your privilege has anything to do with it, then send a sweet, loving, and... See more
Izabella Zucker • Call me a homebody.
Then I started thinking about all the other important “nodal points'' (I don’t know what else to call this) of people, places, books, albums, websites, etc. that all played a part in shaping who I am as a person and what I think is important. These points are a combination of seeking things out myself and getting a recommendation that felt like it... See more
On Motivation | Are.na Editorial
We all love the training montage in movies—those brisk two-minute sequences where the protagonist transforms from novice to expert while upbeat music plays. One minute they're struggling to do a single push-up; the next, they're ready for the championship fight.
Real life doesn't work like that. The actual training—the part where you build the... See more
Real life doesn't work like that. The actual training—the part where you build the... See more
Carmen Van Kerckhove • Stop pretending you don’t care
This is an amazing algorithm: do interesting things and magically arrive at a complex understanding of the world.