Thought provoking
As you pull yourself away, as the chains you never saw come crashing to the floor, you learn things. You learn books can tell you things about yourself you don’t know. You learn concentrating on anything is very hard work. You learn what you pay attention to is the job of a lifetime, a job that never ends, a job that quite literally shapes your... See more
Tommy Dixon • How to end your extremely online era
What living truly looks like.
“3 tips for getting started as a writer:
1. Publish on a schedule. Consistency develops ability.
2. Share your writing publicly. Writing is a magnet. It attracts like-minded people.
3. Write about what fascinates you. You don't need to be an expert. Curiosity leads to expertise.”
1. Publish on a schedule. Consistency develops ability.
2. Share your writing publicly. Writing is a magnet. It attracts like-minded people.
3. Write about what fascinates you. You don't need to be an expert. Curiosity leads to expertise.”
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (January 16, 2020) | James Clear
There was a Jesuit preacher, Anthony de Mello, who said if you’re suffering but not willing to do anything about it, you need to suffer more. Suffer until you get sick of your suffering. Which sounds harsh, but it’s true. The transformative moments in my life only came when the pain of staying the same finally became greater than the pain of... See more
Tommy Dixon • How to end your extremely online era
What it takes for us to decide for ourselves, to change.
Because there is no space for your conscience to talk to you, to tell you things you don’t know about yourself. There is no space to ask questions about yourself, inquire of yourself, interrogate yourself, wanting to know your own deepest secrets, the things you dislike so much you don’t even think about anymore. There is no space to accuse... See more
Tommy Dixon • How to end your extremely online era
This is our therapy around our listlessness! This, is the diagnosis!
The Crisis of Self-Intimacy: Why We Don’t Know Ourselves Anymore
youtube.comA probable symptom to my problems of not knowing who I am and thinking I don’t know myself enough.
On his regular rants about ‘the Facebook,’ an old business professor I had in Navarra used to say, in his velvet Spanish accent, “If there’s no price, you are the price.”
Tommy Dixon • How to end your extremely online era
This is the cost of our lives when we give them, and our attention, away!!
the flood of information on the internet made me feel anxious and incapable and directionless and overwhelmed. So I stopped.
Tommy Dixon • How to end your extremely online era
Your dream life is a frequency, tune into it
youtube.comWays to shift from lack to abundant behavior and mindset.
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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