Reminders for myself

You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results…Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits.3

Persistence

Dogged determination is often the only trait that separates a moderately creative person from a highly creative one. Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

It’s easier to persist, I think, when you see your work as a practice—an ongoing process of improvement—instead o... See more

But living like this—with a constant, compulsive awareness of your flaws—can be tiring! The divine discontent can easily tip over into self-hatred and paralyzing perfectionism. How can you be someone with a project, with ambitions, with taste and aspirations…and not make yourself wildly, neurotically unhappy?

You're alive in inverse proportion to the density of cliches in your writing — Nassim Taleb

“You have to entertain to educate because the other way around doesn’t work” — Walt Disney

we often don’t know what our natural gifts are because they come so easy that we don’t even realize we’re good at them vs. what we try to be good at we look for validation for… this causes us to miss what we should be putting effort into: the thing we have a natural advantage at

when people put energy into you, attune to it, and give them harmonious energy back

you need to shrink your ego, too. You need to not take things personally. You need to give your friends the benefit of the doubt. You need to respect other people’s space, time, needs, and not expect others to prioritize your wants over theirs. You need to treat everyone like they are important, just as you are yourself (viewing everyone as importa... See more