Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
Things generally don’t happen like you imagined they would—but if you don’t imagine, things generally don’t happen.
from John Green’s Paper Towns pg. 299
Waiting for perfect conditions is how otherwise intelligent people keep themselves stuck.
Shane Parrish • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
Cheeky but so true!
Unpack a job, person, idea before setting your mind to it/them
It’s really hard to see the world from others’ view, so our brains take what we see as default
You’re crazy in at least one way—what is something you do that 99% of others don’t?
Take your crazy and make it into a job—why keep trying to fit a round peg into a square hole?
Unpacking isn’t hard or costly, it just takes conscious effort and a lil time
We want to ensure our own continuity by blending in with Earth’s continuity
-Stuart Brand, Pace Layers issue 1
We want to go from being a global civilization to a planetary civilization
I had become busy most of the time.
Busy is lazy.
Busy is un-choosing creativity.
Busy is low impact.
Busy keeps you busy.
Busy is easy.
Busy is common norm.
Busy doesn’t lack effort, just strategic direction.
Don’t be busy.
Are you busy with being busy?
Busy is lazy.
Busy is un-choosing creativity.
Busy is low impact.
Busy keeps you busy.
Busy is easy.
Busy is common norm.
Busy doesn’t lack effort, just strategic direction.
Don’t be busy.
Are you busy with being busy?
We’re always talking about doing the thing…
…or thinking about doing the thing…
…but hardly ever doing the thing.
Do the thing.
Adapted from The Knowledge Project podcast, episode #220 regarding James Dyson
Change “I can’t” to “I’m having trouble”
A simple change in perspective can change the world
from Matthew McConaughey in The Tim Ferriss Show podcast #474
We giddy at the throughly of universal translators—they’re in everything from Star Trek to Marvel movies to Barbarella—but we seem disinterested in applying such a device to the non-humans already on our planet.
-Andrew Dana Hudson
meaning elephants, dolphins, apes, whales, cats, etc
from Pace Layers, pg. 257
Your old identity doesn't have to define your future.
-Theo Shoag
from LinkedIn post