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we’ve turned everything in life into a giant popularity contest–everything you say, everything you experience, everything you see, and even everything you feel–is a product of a giant worldwide counter of likes and follows. It’s a planet-wide exercise in objective convergence, a giant narcissism amplifier that cynically assumes that competing for... See more
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BRIAN ENO
So what you see when you watch someone surfing is they take control momentarily, to situate themselves on a wave, and then they surrender. They’re carried along by it, and then they take control again, and then they surrender. I think that’s a very good analogy of what we do throughout our lives, actually. We’re constantly moving between... See more
So what you see when you watch someone surfing is they take control momentarily, to situate themselves on a wave, and then they surrender. They’re carried along by it, and then they take control again, and then they surrender. I think that’s a very good analogy of what we do throughout our lives, actually. We’re constantly moving between... See more
"My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man’s mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you’re sorry and get on with it. Don’t haul stuff around with you."
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... See morePerhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in the intellect. Data is constantly being fed into your unconscious, then cross referenced against your experience.
thekcpgroup.com • The Attention Span. “Racehorses and Psychopaths.”
All the grit, persistence, and motivation in the world won’t do you any good if you’re working on the wrong thing. In fact, it will do the opposite.
Choosing what to pursue is more important than choosing how to pursue it. Make sure you’re facing the right direction before you start running.
Choosing what to pursue is more important than choosing how to pursue it. Make sure you’re facing the right direction before you start running.
Mark Manson • Are You Ruining Your Life? | Your Next Breakthrough
Do not be distracted by surfaces; it is in the depths that all laws obtain.
Rainer Maria Rilke • Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Little Black Classics)
More fiction has been told in Microsoft Excel than in books.
Shane Parrish • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
“Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.”
— Attributed to Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist
— Attributed to Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist