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"I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being." — Maria Popova
Non-Coercive Marketing: A Primer
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If you're feeling everyone around you is moving faster and achieving more while you're being left behind—take a breath. That narrative is bullshit.
The constant pressure to compress what takes decades of work into days is a mirage.
The constant pressure to compress what takes decades of work into days is a mirage.
Sari Azout • Patience Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage
slow and steady wins the race!!
yes but how do I take a breath when the air is so thick with the dust of capitalism
If you’re looking for someone to: ❌ Manage your social media ❌ Write… | Jade Chaudey
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Another misconception about strength is it’s permanence. Life, in itself, isn’t constant. Moreover, the circumstances that call for strength are transient too. A person who has been emotionally strong in one situation could be extremely fragile in another situation. Isn’t it unfair on our part to make the assumption that strength is a state of mind... See more
Tahira Tahir • Strength is overrated
Another capture from this blog post, but there’s just a lot here I relate to and I’d love to unpack.
Strength is overrated. Emotional strength is often a… | by Tahira Tahir | Medium
commerce and social are coming together, although to much less a degree than marketing teams who talk up “brand communities” would like you to think. In all but a few cases, “community” here is just the marketing language used to describe a microbrand’s niche Instagram fandom. To me “community” implies users regularly engaging with each other , a... See more
Subpixel Space • Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool
Everyone wants community but no one wants to build it
I hate to admit that I myself have used the word community to mean fanbase or followers more than once, even though I know deep down it means something very different
Instead of spending the majority of our time on self-promotion, perhaps more of us could be focusing on finding ways to form solidarity among artists or among disciplines, especially in fields where there is no single industry-wide union that protects individual creators.
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How Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas | Manoush Zomorodi | TED
youtu.beHow Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas | Manoush Zomorodi | TED