Forest Linden
@forestlinden
Eternal learner, rabbit holer, curator, and synthesizer. Father, husband, my dog's human, and wilderness wanderer. I write only when I have something worth saying and try to help people through my writing.
Forest Linden
Yes, you could fail, but we all know what happens when you don’t try—nothing.
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
Antonio Garcia Martinez on startups: “If your idea is any good, it won’t get stolen, you’ll have to jam it down people’s throats instead.”
Do We Still Need Journals?
If we were good at everything, we would have no need for each other.
-Simon Sinek
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
-Antoine de Saint-Expuéry
Big ideas are usually simple ideas.
-David Olgilvy
You’re often most creative when you’re least productive.
-Austin Kleon
Stop asking yourself what you want, what you desire, what interests you. Ask yourself instead, “what has been given to me?” Ask, “What do I have to give back?” Then act.
-Cheryl Strayed
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth will destroy you.”—Gospel of Thomas.)