Thought provoking
From the Inner Compass deck guidebook by Neel van Lierop, under ‘Open Doors’: “Do not try and open doors with sheer willpower, go for the ones that are already ajar. You do not need to struggle to get what belongs to you. When you recognize situations that enter your life effortlessly, without any force or resistance, you can trust that they guide
... See more“When I get up in the morning and look in the mirror, I reach the same conclusion every time: that there is only one Morten looking back at me, despite my many different titles. We live only one life, in one time.”
I was struck by what Morten says about us having one ‘indivisible’ life, and the dangers of segmenting our life - and our time - into... See more
I was struck by what Morten says about us having one ‘indivisible’ life, and the dangers of segmenting our life - and our time - into... See more
Living one life, in one time.
from the book One Life, Martin Albaek
Speech-based personality prediction using deep learning with acoustic and linguistic embeddings - Scientific Reports
Martin Lukacnature.comOctober 2024
I'm usually reluctant to make predictions about technology, but I feel fairly confident about this one: in a couple decades there won't be many people who can write.
One of the strangest things you learn if you're a writer is how many people have trouble writing. Doctors know how many people have a mole they're worried about; people who... See more
I'm usually reluctant to make predictions about technology, but I feel fairly confident about this one: in a couple decades there won't be many people who can write.
One of the strangest things you learn if you're a writer is how many people have trouble writing. Doctors know how many people have a mole they're worried about; people who... See more
Paul Graham • Writes and Write-Nots
Writing is hard.
You need a very strong container to hold the contents and contradictions that arrive later in life. You ironically need a very strong ego structure to let go of your ego.
Richard Rohr • Falling Upward
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Getting Lucky
4 Dec 2024 — 5 min read
Photo by Jakob Cotton / Unsplash
... See moreLuck isn’t a constant, it increases with surface area: be in the right places, have lots of conversations, put yourself out there, ask for what you want and be optimistic and positive.
There’s a piece of advice I still struggle with, but that I’m more and more convinced lies at the heart of meaningful productivity, successful creative work, and a more vibrant life in general. That advice is: act fast. Move quickly. When you get a good idea, make it your default policy to put it into practice as soon as you reasonably can.