Thought provoking

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi

Sometimes if you can't change a situation, you just have to change the way you think about the situation.

Andrea Zittel • Andrea Zittel, "These Things I Know for Sure"

Be sharp as a knife, cut through the pile of apathy, and make a point.

Derek Sivers • Well-rounded doesn’t cut. | Derek Sivers

And being creative comes with big health benefits. It can energize you, sharpen your ideas and problem-solving skills and act as a powerful antidote against burnout. Research links creativity to happiness and well-being, and a 2021 study found that older people who participated in creative activities showed less cognitive decline than those who did... See more

Welcome to the 5-Day Creativity Challenge

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Look at the long careers of David Bowie, Miles Davis, Madonna, Prince, Joni Mitchell, or Paul Simon. Each went through sharply-defined phases, treating each album as a project with a narrow focus.

Derek Sivers • Well-rounded doesn’t cut. | Derek Sivers

Creativity is a combination of “aha” moments and hard work. We’re quick to dismiss the latter and assume that the best ideas show up like a butterfly landing on our shoulder.

Day 4: A Simple Trick for Better Ideas

Unfortunately, if you want to do new things, you'll face a force more powerful than other people's skepticism: your own skepticism. You too will judge your early work too harshly. How do you avoid that?

Paul Graham • Early Work

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