evanovich

@evancm

Nerdy yet sturdy, a gay elder millennial at play,

respect how design and tech intersect, programs and projects I direct each day.

I chase personal grace, laced with insight in every space,

as nature’s hidden rapture captures my artful embrace.

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5 Truths You Must Accept Before You Can Grow

Ambitious people are a dime a dozen. Most people doubt themselves. All of us — in some shape or form — are stuck in la la land.

One of the most difficult yet useful skills is the ability to balance your aspirations with reality. A pessimist and an idealist both miss the point.

The point is to have optimism

Actualization via Iteration

In the meantime, humanity has been deprived of comprehensive understanding. Specialization has bred feelings of isolation, futility, and confusion in individuals. It has also resulted in the individual’s leaving responsibility for thinking and social action to others.

Maria Popova • Buckminster Fuller’s Manifesto for the Genius of Generalists

Thought provoking

Before jumping into a very competitive game I think you should look at the winners of that game and decide if you want to be like them first

Sherry x.com

Mindfulness & Wisdom

Last but not least, the gifted have an intense moral commitment to bettering the world. They want to address the injustice they see and are frustrated with inequality in humanity.

Imi Lo • Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity: How to manage intense emotions as a highly sensitive person - learn more about yourself with this life-changing self help book (Teach Yourself)

Mindfulness & Wisdom

Here are some quick tips for boosting how you approach being productive:

📌 Make the workplace a nice place to be. No one is productive in a grotty environment with mean, micro-managing bosses.

📌 Give people the tools they need to do their jobs and train them how to use them.

📌 Set priorities across the organization or team.

📌 Make sure there is goo... See more

Ways of Working

Elizabeth Harrin

You actually can contemplate creating a new (cognitive) foundation for the world, something that vast numbers of very different people will actually want to count on. It’s been done before. It doesn’t require anything literally impossible. It’s not wilder than stuff respectable people discuss freely like “building AGI” or “creating a new and better... See more

Change is the Only Constant and Human Connections

How does one prepare for a reorganization of the way we organize as a society? Culture? Nation? Species? How many OTHERs will be lost in the process?

Scott Hambrick

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Thought provoking

Brilliant. Terrifying. I’m old.

The Gift of Empathy: How generosity of spirit can transform your life

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