Truth
The most meaningful things in life take a long time to build—which is precisely why they’re so meaningful.
What’s more, the length and difficulty of the climb to achieve these things is essential in how it prepares you for having them.
What’s more, the length and difficulty of the climb to achieve these things is essential in how it prepares you for having them.
The Law of Reversed Effort: Slow Down to Speed Up | The Curiosity Chronicle
"Creativity is the focused combination of unlikely things. Your mind locks onto a certain element and then searches widely for something unexpected that fits with it. What can scuba diving teach you about agriculture? What can trees teach you about public speaking? There is always some connective tissue between disciplines. If you wish to be more... See more
3-2-1: The secret to creativity, how our challenges shape us, and the value of bad workouts
James Clear on creativity.
Actress Lucille Ball on the myth of overnight success:
“Remember that there are practically no “overnight" successes. Before that brilliant hit performance came ten, fifteen, sometimes twenty years in the salt mines, sweating it out. ”
“Remember that there are practically no “overnight" successes. Before that brilliant hit performance came ten, fifteen, sometimes twenty years in the salt mines, sweating it out. ”
Brain Food: Someone People Want to Help
“I wasn’t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind. I always focused on the fact that I had to try something to get it, and once I got it, I’d have another tool in my arsenal. If the price was a lot of work and a few missed shots, I was OK with that.
I never felt... See more
I never felt... See more
Brain Food: Letting Go
What you outsource will atrophy.
Sahil’s Monthly Idea Drop: July 2025 | The Curiosity Chronicle
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts
3 Stages of Mastery, Spiral Path, & More
"Good habits stockpile ease. Bad habits postpone pain."
3-2-1: How to save a relationship, the key to being open-minded, and a simple guide to self-care
The problem with being against AI (or anything really) is that it sets you on a negative footing. It can lead to in-fighting and squabbles (if not purity spirals) and tedious, energy sapping debate and definition of terms etc.
Always better to be for something instead.
So if it were me I’d... See more
Thomas J Bevansubstack.comBeing weird is the fastest way to be remembered.