redefining success
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redefining success
“You can create a lot of meaning in your own life by helping someone else do something that is meaningful to them.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On creating meaning, the remarkable odds of your existence, and life instructions
Ted Hughes:
“And that’s how we measure out our real respect for people—by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate—and enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a might river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you.”
a feature on stephen galloway in california culture & style mag
I don’t care if I’m popular, I’m just going to do this. I’m a lifer in this. I’m going to do this forever.
On redefining what it means to be successful
Your vocation, in the mid-20th-century world I was born into, was your job title. This was such a diminishment of us. We are called not merely to be professionals but to be friends, neighbors, colleagues, family, citizens, lovers of the world. We are called to creativity and caring and play for which we will never be paid — and which will make life... See more
Three Callings for Your Life and for Our Time | The On Being Project
soft ambition is about playing the long game without losing yourself in the process. it’s about wanting success, but on your own terms—without sacrificing your sanity, health, or joy along the way. it’s ambition without the sharp edges.
Most people want to be fit, most people aren’t.
Most people want to build a successful business, most people won’t.
Most people want to be the best version of themselves, most people aren’t.
Most people have dreams they want to fulfill, most people won’t.
Everyone wants to quit something, build something, be something, do something. Most people
... See moreKevin Kelly has this great idea that you need your own distinct definition of success. For me, success would be cultivating a very specific reputation. I'd like my reputation to be "talk to that guy and you'll leave energized, thinking about something new. Good things will happen, and it'll generally cost you nothing."
Patrick OShaughnessy • Tweet
A very successful friend of mine walked away from everything and lives a very happy life making literal sausage. I’m not kidding. I think about him all the time.
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