Motion

If you observe a sabbath, this feeling is not unfamiliar. You are well-acquainted with what others think of as the awkward restraints of just being . You understand its essential, restorative purpose — and marvel at others’ allergy to it. Why are we so terrified of stillness? To be still is an invitation to reckon with our smallness, our powerlessn

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Eventually we’ll have machines that can dream. But there’ll always still be the hard, dumb, bottleneck that is human effort. You shape what you make and it shapes you right back. When you get stuck nothing is going to help you get unstuck except sheer stubbornness and self-driven motion. That’s the most rewarding part though: if you expend enough e... See more

9. Take quitting off the table

Quitting complicates things.

It lurks in the back of your mind.

When times get hard, it taunts you.

You spend endless energy negotiating with yourself.

The best remove this option completely.

They commit to constant forward motion.

I hope this thread makes you better.

" You never change things by fighting the existing reality. T o change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Buckminster Fuller

Start small and learn fast. Your first move doesn't need to be perfect; it just needs to teach you something. Focus more on the next small step that moves you closer to the goal.

Motion creates momentum, and momentum reveals opportunities that standing still never could.