Project Management
It bears repeating: Being productive is not a path to fulfilment. Your productivity is not your self-worth. You can live a great life with zero ‘productive’ output. Do work that gives you an intrinsic sense of satisfaction, not as a stepping stone to happiness.
Henry Ford said:
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Y Combinator disagrees:
“Talk to your users.”
Leber • The Feedback Tradeoff
“When momentum is on your side, people focus on your strengths and forgive your weaknesses. When the momentum stops, they scrutinize the whole thing.” – Packy McCormick
Collaborative Fund • Smart Words From Smart People
Artists: Be your own best assistant. Do your research. Get your tools and materials in order. These will be the ancestors, spirit guides and self-replicating imagination of your work. This will allow art to reproduce itself in you. You’ll thank yourself during & afterwards.
When you’re stuck, ask yourself: what’s the simplest, worst version of this I can whip out in 15 minutes?
• Free-flow shitty first draft of a blog post
• 5-slide presentation with no design flourish
• Messy project mindmap in your notebook
Put a timer on and give it a try :)
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” - Marcus Aurelius
"I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being." — Maria Popova
“You feel differently towards the world when you make things.”
Passages Saved From iOS
What made the hours pass like minutes when you were a child? Herein lies the key to your earthly pursuits.” — Carl Jung
What we are trying to do influences what becomes salient to us. If you are looking for a friend in a crowd, faces become salient to you, faces that would have otherwise passed you by.
If you are making videos, you will notice patterns in the videos you watch. If you’re not, you can watch a thousand videos and have them pass through your head cleanly... See more
If you are making videos, you will notice patterns in the videos you watch. If you’re not, you can watch a thousand videos and have them pass through your head cleanly... See more