Doing important work
Exploring purpose and impact with how most of society spends time.
Doing important work
how fast you learn is a lot more important than how much you know to begin with. So in general I say that people emphasize too much how much they know and not how fast they're learning.
Professor John Ousterhout • slope_vs_starting.md
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01/13/2012. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS140
“It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.” — Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
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"Clarity is freedom. Know what is important to you and it will grant you the freedom to ignore everything else." -James Clear
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You don't need more intensity, you need more consistency. Intensity impresses; consistency transforms.
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Someone dumber and lazier than you is making 10x the money because they are too dumb to doubt themselves.” - Kyle Harrison via Trevor McKendrick newsletter
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“Money in a business is like gas in your car. You don’t want to run out, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”– Tim O’Reilly
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From age 20-50, I can't stress this enough: https://t.co/l6dcTVpsTD
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The Secret
Allow yourself to go down rabbit holes
A rabbit hole is not a distraction. A rabbit hole is your brain trying to tell you to pay attention to something you’re curious about. Ignore algorithmic rabbit holes.
If you see something, save something
Pay attention to what feels resonant to you. Save breadcrumbs and build a path for yourself to w... See more
Allow yourself to go down rabbit holes
A rabbit hole is not a distraction. A rabbit hole is your brain trying to tell you to pay attention to something you’re curious about. Ignore algorithmic rabbit holes.
If you see something, save something
Pay attention to what feels resonant to you. Save breadcrumbs and build a path for yourself to w... See more
Are.na
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But just as many of our current software applications wouldn’t run well on MS-DOS, the new processes, techniques, or cultural changes we might try to adopt simply won’t run well on an operating system built around an older paradigm.
Brian J. Robertson • Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World
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Human ambitions are like Japanese carp; they grow proportional to the size of their environment. Our achievements grow according to the size of our dreams and the degree to which we are in touch with our mission.
Keith Ferrazzi • Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
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