Francesco
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Francesco
Non-Coercive Marketing: A Primer
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One of my favorite sayings is a remark attributed to Gandhi, a man who, to me, exemplified the full power of integrity. “I do not concern myself with being consistent,” he was supposed to have said. “I only concern myself with being consistent with the truth as it reveals itself to me.”
David Falkner • Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner
I got inspired to create a map of my offering by seeing what Igor Schwarzmann did with his map, which he shared in a recent Substack post that I somehow came across in which he prefaces the map with the following:
“How to Work with Me: with nearly 20 years of experience, I bring both deep expertise and rapid integration capabilities to every
But who are we — am I — trying to be original for? Myself, a client, a boss, a professor, Instagram, my mom, nobody at all? I think that it’s time to really think about who we’re creating for, so that we can strategize who deserves our originality, who deserves our efficiency, who deserves both, and who deserves neither. If there’s one thing I’m... See more
libbymarrs.net • Post-Authentic Sincerity a Premium Generic Essay
Graphic design is a service
I’m not really a poet or a writer or an actor or an activist; I’m me, and these are things that I do.
— John Trudell
I avoid labelling myself and it feels liberating to hear that others have found a way to express that which is so well said
I have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost — at... See more
Maria Popova • Audubon on other minds and the secret knowledge of animals, the paradox of joy with Nick Cave and Lisel Mueller, how Dostoyevsky became a writer
I struggle to let joy overwhelm me, rather than fear and self doubts and despair
I have found it useful to make the distinction between consistency in my own process and consistency in my output. Sometimes, I need both. Sometimes, I need one and not the other. Sometimes, I have to let them both go.
The word “sometimes,” in itself, implies inconsistency. I think the key for me is to operate with intention: To ensure that my... See more
The word “sometimes,” in itself, implies inconsistency. I think the key for me is to operate with intention: To ensure that my... See more
so much in society actually runs on stories and beliefs. Money has no power or meaning beyond what we give it, for instance, and yet this idea dictates who lives and who dies on an unthinkable scale. Gods aren't real, nations are conceits, love itself is subjective, morality and self-preservation are optional, yet how many will sacrifice blood and... See more
Why barter and Damn
Have been wondering why the rise of occultism and folklore over the last 4 of to years and finally this one Reddit comment provided just the necessary context I needed to understand