Reminders for myself
Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do anything well enough, you'll make it prestigious. Plenty of things we now consider prestigious were anything but at first. Jazz comes to mind — though almost any established art form would do. So just do what you like, and let prestige take care of itself.
paulgraham.com • How to Do What You Love
No one is thinking about you as much as you are.
Morgan Housel • Little Rules About Big Things
If you have an idea but think “someone has already done that,” just remember there are 1,010 published biographies of Winston Churchill.
Morgan Housel • Little Rules About Big Things
There’s a way to do it better. Find it.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Big ambitions, low expectations, and high standards are a powerful combination for living your best life.
The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
Miles Johnstonx.comA question worth asking:
When there is so much on the web, it is easy to fall prey to the impression that this has been done before when you come up with an idea. When this happens, ask: ‘What is my take on this?’
When there is so much on the web, it is easy to fall prey to the impression that this has been done before when you come up with an idea. When this happens, ask: ‘What is my take on this?’
