Reminders for myself
Define Your Way of Life
"But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."
This is my favorite insight from the letter: Identify how you want to live, not what you want to achieve.
So often people focus all their energy on the summits—but
... See moreWe are in a trust recession (a phrase I learnt from the lovely Monica Hay ), where ‘consumers’, aka legends who read books, aren’t trusting the big names, celebs and institutions to give recommendations. Instead, we are looking to REAL people. People in our lives, people with small followings.
How many books have I sold six months after publication?
May 23, 2024
- I know what makes people grow more reliably than anything else. It is: taking on a difficult project with some amount of public accountability. This can be large or small: a lecture series, a business, a blog, a house, a child, etc.
- It’s strange, but I know that it’s common to resist positive emotions, as well as negative ones. Ask
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
