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Do we have principles we hold dear, and a vision for the future we want to create? Or are we fumbling along, tinkering, finding what works, and forever allowing contact with reality to rearrange our mental furniture, make a mess on our conceptual floor, and occasionally punch so many holes in the walls that need to strip our whole idea-house down... See more
Outlook
Moxie Marlinspike's career advice:
There’s no rush to get started early on a never-ending task.
Everything before a career has defined beginnings and endings. Elementary school, middle school, junior high, highschool, university. There’s always been a predefined end, and that contributes... See more
Creative people are restless souls, forever chasing the horizon until they’ve made something substantial. We spend our lives crafting weighted blankets for ourselves—something heavy enough to anchor our ambition and quiet our minds.
Anu Atluru • Make Something Heavy.
As you move forward, there are a few things to keep in mind. First and foremost, it’s never too late to “become” yourself. Aristotle, for example, didn’t fully devote himself to writing and philosophy until he was nearly 50. There are also benefits to taking a long, winding path to self-fulfillment. Remember that age typically brings wisdom,... See more
Harvard Business Review • The Upside of Being a Late Bloomer
I found a strength and confidence that I could just do this potentially dangerous thing and who cares if it works or doesn’t? I knew it would be risky, because I was giving people permission to ask anything they wanted, but my thinking was, ‘What does it really matter what happens?’ So that was a big shift in my thinking, for sure: to relinquish
... See moreNick Cave • Faith, Hope and Carnage
Humans can create infinite needs. The market dominates us, and it robs us of our lives.
Humanity needs to work less, have more free time and be more grounded. Why so much garbage? Why do you have to change your car? Change the refrigerator?
There is only one life and it ends. You have to give meaning to it. Fight for happiness, not just for wealth.
Humanity needs to work less, have more free time and be more grounded. Why so much garbage? Why do you have to change your car? Change the refrigerator?
There is only one life and it ends. You have to give meaning to it. Fight for happiness, not just for wealth.
How to Be Truly Free: Lessons From a Philosopher President
How to live.
A wholly personal, narcissistic life becomes becomes insufferably small, petty, and cruel. It is only in inseparable union with all life, and with the cosmos, that it becomes infinitely expansive and splendid, making the rubs and and pains of existence tolerable.
May Reflections - Dee W Hock
Churchill said another way to spell “perfectionism” is P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-I-S. It’s good to have high standards but all virtues become vices if taken too far.
Ryan Holidayx.comWhen you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could have, would have, and should have done!”
Someone else did it. You didn’t.
They fought the resistance. You gave in to distractions.
They made it top priority. You said you’d get to it some day.
They took the time. You meant to.
When this happens, you can... See more
Someone else did it. You didn’t.
They fought the resistance. You gave in to distractions.
They made it top priority. You said you’d get to it some day.
They took the time. You meant to.
When this happens, you can... See more