manifestory

We often run into a lot of problems, when we start believing that our truth is THE TRUTH; when we start mistaking our beliefs for reality.

That moment—when “my truth” becomes the truth —is often when curiosity dies and conflict begins.

It’s subtle, too. We don’t usually notice it happening.

One day we’re exploring, the next we’re defending a fixed ... See more

A single, truly empowered individual can counterbalance the inertia of thousands who remain stuck in fear, anger, or shame.

That individual is Danny DeVito.

Ray Bradbury talks about the importance of not thinking when he is writing. He says that when he arrives at the typewriter, his task is to be living. To let his soul pour out onto the page. To quiet the mind and let his body do the talking. Then, he checks his work afterwards using the mind as a ‘corrective force’ to refine. But he uses the body to... See more

the story you tell about a product, and the culture you build around that story, matters far more than the product itself

There's an idea I think I picked up from Robert Kegan, the idea of an "evolutionary balance" in your personality structure. Or maybe it was “evolutionary truce.” The idea, as I remember it, is that your personality is made of many different dynamic forces, all pulling and pushing in different ways. For most of your life, those forces find an equili... See more

Most people live their lives in between these 2 emotions-

1. Hope that if they achieve something, they will find happiness.

2. Fear that if they lose what they have, they will never be happy.

The day you understand neither of them are actually true is the day you are free.