purpose
In the short term a 1-of-1 purpose will almost always fail. Every day is yet another moment that people didn’t follow your vision and the world failed to transform according to your ideas. The failures are literally limitless.
With a longer view, however, this process looks different. Eighty straight days of struggling in the darkness can produce on... See more
With a longer view, however, this process looks different. Eighty straight days of struggling in the darkness can produce on... See more
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
Don’t apologize for being nervous, for caring, for not having 200 practice runs under your belt. The audience is offering you a tiny slice of time and attention. You cared enough to show up, here we go.
In times of creative block, we often seek inspiration elsewhere, yet we might overlook the value of revisiting our own past work. Reflecting on our previous artworks, designs, or writings can evoke a spectrum of emotions. Such reflection helps us recognize our personal evolution and growth. Our own creations hold the power to reconnect us with forgotten influences, reignite past passions that once fueled our creativity, or simply inspire us to persist in our creative journey. In an era where we are constantly inundated with others’ accomplishments, exploring our own work can be one of the most genuine sources of inspiration. It leads to originality through authenticity, rather than falling into the traps of imitation, envy, or copying others’ creations. So, if you find yourself in a slump today, consider taking some time to delve into your past projects.
instagram.comThe five questions in V2MOM are:
What do I really want?
What’s important about it?
How do I get it?
What is preventing me from having it?
How will I know that I have it?
Conviction is an extension of self-knowledge. It emerges from your experiences and prior conditions. To know that is to know yourself. Being someone with conviction is really just living with clarity, and everything else is downstream of this self-knowledge.
on not living a paper-thin life
Rick Rubin - How To Stop Overthinking
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