Reminders for myself
Even in the whorl of our own personal tragedies, when the cosmos appears at its most chaotic and impartial, I have come to see the world, in its complexity, rearranging itself toward meaning.
NICK CAVE • Subscribe to The Red Hand Files
There is beauty in something well-made. The fine fit of a tailored suit. The delicate stitching of a vibrant rug. The mechanical elegance of a well-tuned watch, ticking silently. The same aesthetic laws that govern these objects – and innumerable others – apply to the business world, too. There is such a thing as a beautiful, elegant business. Not ... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Danny Rimer
“ People think resilience and success come from getting to ‘knowing’ as soon as possible. They’re wrong. Resilience and success come from the length of time you can tolerate being in the Learning Space. What I think is very empowering to know, is that the Learning Space [the space between ‘not knowing’ and ‘knowing’] has one feeling associated with... See more
Carina • Be where you are
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
Talvez seja um pouco disso que Kierkegaard pensou, quando disse que ser sujeito é ser capaz de realizar uma tarefa suprema, integrar em uma síntese o finito e o infinito, a alma e o corpo, um instante e a eternidade . Permitir que essa premissa, de que o infinito habita o finito, volte a pulsar em nossa existência, é uma reconexão com uma dimensão eterna do humano, que ainda vive, ainda respira, ainda espera por nós, e que pode transformar, de forma radical, a maneira como nos relacionamos com a vida.
The thing is, you probably have all the information you need already, you just can't bring yourself to sit down and listen to it, so you just keep chain-smoking podcasts and youtube videos, never really thinking, knowing deep down that the answers you seek are in the silence you're avoiding
So this is the one piece of advice I give everyone who will listen: Start something just to make your life more exciting . It doesn’t matter how small it starts (or stays). Personal projects are a vehicle to explore the things that interest you. I've always seen brands as a kind of wrapper for all the things I love in life. Sometimes they never gra... See more