Things that made me stop and think
"Does this choice make me more me?"
"Does this choice feel like fear or love?"
"What would the me I want to be (genuinely, organically, from a deep soul place) do?"
"Does this choice feel like fear or love?"
"What would the me I want to be (genuinely, organically, from a deep soul place) do?"
Tuesday Thread: How Do You Know When To Quit?
An answer to the prompt: How do you know when to quit?
Work, oddly, has become a kind of shelter and a source of autonomy in a moment where control feels like a myth from the past. It has helped me focus and through it, given me something real to hold onto when the world feels ungraspable. No, we aren’t going to fix the world through the accounting work we do, but maybe we can hold one small piece of... See more
🌎 When the world feels like it’s unraveling
“The secret of life is to waste time in ways that you like.“
“If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn’t because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea’s time has come.”
-Rick Rubin
This brings us to the deeper point: the value of reading lies less in retention than in integration. A good book tweaks your internal models and you begin to see a familiar problem in a new frame. You revise the assumptions behind a mental shortcut or you absorb a phrase that becomes part of your vocabulary of thought.
These changes are easy to... See more
These changes are easy to... See more
You’re Not Supposed to Remember the Book
Networking, like, real , valuable networking, happens in one of two ways.
1) You accomplish cool, interesting, and/or extraordinary things, and you develop genuine friendships or relationships with other folks who have accomplished cool, interesting, and/or extraordinary things.
2) You build a genuine friendship or relationship with someone, and you... See more
1) You accomplish cool, interesting, and/or extraordinary things, and you develop genuine friendships or relationships with other folks who have accomplished cool, interesting, and/or extraordinary things.
2) You build a genuine friendship or relationship with someone, and you... See more