Erlank Pienaar
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Erlank Pienaar
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I was a film geek. Film geeks don't have a whole lot of tangible things to show for their passion and commitment to film. They just watch movies all the time. What they do have to show is a high regard for their own opinion. They've learned to break down a movie. They understand what they like and don't like about a film. And they feel that they're
... See moreThe Gap Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stu ff , it ʼ s just not that good. It ʼ s trying to be good, it has potential, but it ʼ s not.
Ira Glass • The Gap
Where does this note go and how can I use this inside sublime. Especially as to how this connects to a specific step within a specific project..?
"[This is] the key to the mystery is the old adage "a word to the wise is sufficient." Because this phrase is not only overused, but overused in an indirect way (by prepending the subject to some advice), most people who've heard it don't know what it means. What it means is that if someone is wise, all you have to do is say one word to them, and t
... See moreWriter and scholar C.S. Lewis on what why small choices matter:
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never d... See more
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never d... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: Two ways to grow, how to criticize, and a simple recipe for finding good opportunities
Sometimes it’s nice to remember all the other people one has been. Especially when settling into hard-core middle-age. I love being this me, but I loved being that me, too.
Emma Straub • I Loved Smoking
Alexi Pappas on how the story you tell yourself is the most powerful one in the world.
“How you talk about your experiences will dictate how you feel about them. Reframing our goals and rewriting our stories are powerful tools. Nobody can tell us how to feel about something. We can make our shortcomings into something beautiful if we want to. How w... See more
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
“We are a landscape of all we have seen.” This quote by the Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988)
“It can be hard to appreciate just how much the world will give you what you want after you stop waiting for it to give you what you deserve.
Stop waiting for the world to recognize your potential; start giving the world something positive. Don’t wait for a friend’s apology; reach out and reconnect. Instead of waiting for the perfect partner, become... See more
Stop waiting for the world to recognize your potential; start giving the world something positive. Don’t wait for a friend’s apology; reach out and reconnect. Instead of waiting for the perfect partner, become... See more
Farnam Street • Cold Water
The examined life
What if our worst qualities are actually our best? Recently I listened to an interview with Irish theologist and poet John O’Donohue from 2006 in which he asked what would happen if the things we hate about ourselves, the qualities we despise and can’t stand, are actually the best things about who we are. It was a powerful reframe... See more
What if our worst qualities are actually our best? Recently I listened to an interview with Irish theologist and poet John O’Donohue from 2006 in which he asked what would happen if the things we hate about ourselves, the qualities we despise and can’t stand, are actually the best things about who we are. It was a powerful reframe... See more
Good Billionaires and the Last of Silicon Valley’s Original Founders
When up is down…