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“Rene’ Girad called this phenomenon mimetic desire: we desire something because we see others desiring it.”
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny experiments • Ch. 5
John Maxwell: “The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.” But this works only if you actually complete each loop, so keep your commitment realistic . . . The value of a pact lies not in its length but in the insignt and growth it brings.”
—Le Cunff on small commitments she
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments • Ch. 3
Being in a single linear path to your dreams is not the way to live.
There’s something intimate about never speaking to someone again. You think of them at random times, feel closer from afar than you ever did up close, and wish them well in silence. The pull of what was left unsaid lingers, memories that never age, a name that carries a season of your life. Not longing, just a quiet knowing. Some people stay with... See more
waezaaaasubstack.comMarie-Louise von Franz (a Jungian psychologist) puts it bluntly: when you don’t live out your creative side, the energy doesn’t disappear. It misfires. You obsess, overthink, romanticize the wrong people, catastrophize the small stuff — all because your potential has nowhere to land.
Sometimes, the restlessness isn’t about them. It’s... See more
instagram.comthinking of myself about this a lot these days
Don't Follow Your Dreams, Follow Your Tools
youtube.comDon’t follow your dreams, Follow your tools . . . a single dream doesn’t work because things that are part of your toolkit (your passions, your relationships, your curiosities) pass by and you just let them go and do nothing about them.
Replace passive participation by creating opportunities to apply concepts you are learning, designing a learning strategy that’s tailored to your needs, and setting aside time for regular reflection so that you can make timely adjustments.
Teachers are only there to help you change your mind, to model possibility, good books exist to guide you, but... See more
Teachers are only there to help you change your mind, to model possibility, good books exist to guide you, but... See more
Anyone Who Has Ever Mastered a Skill is Self-Taught
mastery , self-learning , skills , self-help
Before you go out searching for love—
surround yourself with everyone who ever truly loved you.
Even if they’re gone, their love lives in you.
Fill your cup with that first.
Then go.
#FemaleBossUnleashed #SelfLoveFirst #LoveLivesOn #FillYourOwnCup... See more
instagram.com“Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."
bring your loved ones with you when you walk into a room
Maya Angelou
“Now I have to remember you for longer than I’ve known you.” -C. C. Aurel