manifestory

on writing new stories of life into being

Sari Azout • Check your Pulse #14

a founder's job is to articulate a specific philosophy and vision of the future, and then cultivate a network that makes it real.

jihad • Tweet

the ideas already exist the person who surfaces them at the right moment in the right context with a freshly curated set of words and shapes earns the glory of invention

anu x.com

All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. Without them, our lives get made up for us by other people.

Ursula K. Le Guin • Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books

The only thing you can do is be a living proof.

Maria Made in Cosmos • Tweet

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

David Mitchell

“But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.”

-Haruki Murakami

Poetic Outlaws • Tweet

We’re in a weird era for startups where perception has become the moat. Raise early, get labeled a “category leader,” and that perception attracts capital, customers, and talent until it’s no longer perception. The irony is many kings were crowned long before they’d earned it.

Hadley x.com

for too long, brands have been afraid of the word "should." they were afraid to be wrong or to alienate segments of the market. more and more, i think the next wave of great brands will be prescriptive. they'll tell you what you *should* believe. they'll paint a vivid vision of the future and position themselves as the... See more

jihad x.com