purpose
All this is to say is that for design, as for other fields, the road to greatness is often paved with obsession—an immoderate, unjustifiable surplus of care. Doing things that no-one asked for with a love that no-one could reasonably expect.
Ben Strak • Nobody asked for this
A beautiful quote from John O’Donahue, on friendship and conversations:
... See moreWhen was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, but when you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that found places within you that you th
By reflecting on the Wellness Wheel, uncover where things are going well and where a little more attention could make a big difference
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
momentum
Although searching for one's life purpose in work can be a noble pursuit, the popularized notion of Ikigai that locates meaning only in work is misguided. It has diluted the term to the point where we've lost the script.