shifting perspectives
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shifting perspectives
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
Problems, by definition, have solutions. You might not like the cost of the solution, the trade-offs it leads to, or the time and effort it takes, but problems have solutions.
On the other hand, situations don’t. Situations are simply things we need to live with.
Once we realize that a problem we have isn’t a problem at all, but actually a situation,... See more
On the other hand, situations don’t. Situations are simply things we need to live with.
Once we realize that a problem we have isn’t a problem at all, but actually a situation,... See more
Working With Problems
🪱🌱👩🏻🌾 YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IS A CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM, OF WHICH YOUR ART PRACTICE IS JUST ONE THREAD 👩🏻🌾🌱🪱
When I think about my creative practice, I like to imagine that I am planting seeds, growing and nurturing many things at once in the dirt. I like to shift my focus away from the products of creative work, and center... See more
instagram.comGrowth mindset is just replying to yourself with “skill issue” every time something goes wrong
Emmett Shear • Tweet
Love this from Joshua Kushner’s interview on Patrick O’Shaughnessy‘s Invest like the Best:
Patrick: How do you balance or reconcile participating in a $2b round for stripe with a 2m check into a seed company?
Joshua: They are equally concentrated - not in magnitude of capital but in... See more
I think “accomplishments” are traps. Accomplishments, by their very definition, exist only in the past or future—which are not even real things.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Growth Without Goals
We often run into a lot of problems, when we start believing that our truth is THE TRUTH; when we start mistaking our beliefs for reality.
That moment—when “my truth” becomes the truth —is often when curiosity dies and conflict begins.
It’s subtle, too. We don’t usually notice it happening.
One day we’re exploring, the next we’re defending a fixed... See more
That moment—when “my truth” becomes the truth —is often when curiosity dies and conflict begins.
It’s subtle, too. We don’t usually notice it happening.
One day we’re exploring, the next we’re defending a fixed... See more
Anna | BACK TO SENSES on Substack
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."
- Mary Oliver
It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift."
- Mary Oliver