shifting perspectives
things that make you change the way you see something
by sari and · updated 14d ago
shifting perspectives
- What do you consider your greatest achievement so far?
Building a family. Building is a political philosophy – a very noble act. We talk a lot about the virtue of building in Silicon Valley, and for most people, family formation is the deepest and most tangible way in which they’ll experience building something from nothing that outlasts themselves... See morefrom Modern Meditations: Katherine Boyle
sari and added 1y ago
- Success does not lie in sticking to things. It lies in picking the right thing to stick to and quitting the rest.
phoebe added 1y ago
- We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
— Herman Hesse, Siddharthafrom Tweet by Dylano | Essayful
rob hardy added 8mo ago
- “The person who learns the most in any classroom is the teacher.
If you really want to learn a topic, then “teach” it. Write a book. Teach a class. Build a product. Start a company.
The act of making something will force you to learn more deeply than reading ever will.”from 3-2-1: On Failure, the Importance of Teaching, and Handling the Expectations of Others | James Clear by James Clear
sari added 1y ago
No matter how many people come over for dinner, you’re only going to be able to engage with a few.
And no matter how big the crowd in the arena, the musicians can only see the faces of a few hundred.
An investor can only be engaged and smart about a very small number of companies.
And it doesn’t matter how many students are in the class, the teacher i
... See morefrom The natural size by Seth Godin
Josh Bowen added 1y ago
rob hardy added 4mo ago
Perfection is a paradox—you can never become perfect, and you already are perfect. A perfectionist in an adaptive mindset believes both those statements are true. A perfectionist in a maladaptive mindset believes both those statements are false.
from The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler
rob hardy added 16d ago
the conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it—perhaps as much more valuable as roots are more vital than grafts. It is good that new ideas should be heard, for the sake of the few that can be used; but it is also good that new ideas should be compelled to go through the mill of objection, opposition, and contumel
... See morefrom The Lessons of History by Will Durant
sari added 9mo ago
- “If you can see a thing whole,” he said, “it seems that it’s always beautiful. Planets, lives … But close up, a world’s all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life’s a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern. You need distance, interval. The way to see how beautiful earth is, is to see it from the moon. The way to see how beautiful life is, is f... See more
phoebe added 1y ago