going slow
calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.
Keely Adler and
going slow
A flow state is priceless. It happens when we lose ourselves in the work, simply connecting with the task, without commentary or doubt. When we’re in flow, time slows down, satisfaction rises and we feel fully engaged.
Even though we try to ship very quickly, sometimes you just have to wait a while for the good stuff.
We initially started work on improving projects and the project page in particular more than 2 years ago at an offsite in Berlin. The initial designs had a lot in common with what we shipped today, where documents play a big role in... See more
Tuomas Artmanx.comThis Maria Popova quote stopped me in my tracks:
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but... See more
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but... See more
Ideas require patience.
At Steve Jobs’ funeral, Apple's chief designer Jony Ive said: “I think he better than anyone understood that while ideas ultimately can be so powerful, they begin as fragile, barely formed thoughts, so easily just squished.” https://t.co/Yee5XC9jll
David Perelltwitter.comGo to 21 seconds in.
Elon pauses for 15 seconds before answering a question.
If you're the interviewer or want info from someone, NEVER EVER interrupt that silence.
Most people do because its uncomfortable. But on the other end of that silence is often great... See more
Sam Parrtwitter.comBefore he was Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. In 1964, Ford moved to Hollywood to become an actor. “But I arrived on a metaphoric bus full of people who had the same ambition,” he said. So he came up with this plan to prevail over the competition. As Ford spent time around the other aspiring actors on that metaphoric bus,... See more
