Alexander Sherer
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Alexander Sherer
The most underrated skill in business: Being easy to work with. Not the smartest person. Not the most talented. Just the person everyone wants on their team. Returns emails quickly. Doesn't create drama. Makes other people's jobs easier. Shows up prepared. While everyone's trying to be impressive, just be helpful. It pays better.
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People think freedom is the power to change what you dislike about the world around you.
You can quit a job you hate. Leave a person who hurts you. Switch cities for a change of scenery. Chop your hair for a new look.
What freedom actually is: the power to change what you dislike about yourself.
Julie Zhuo • The Looking Glass: Prioritize until it hurts
When we are acting, we tend to use perfect vocal incantations. Real life is contrary to this. We live In a world of perfect, flawed speech. How many times have you ended a conversation, just to think back and say “Why did I make that sound at the end of my sentence? why did I make that weird noise after I said “what”? Why did I cry weird? Why did I
... See moreThey told us productivity would set us free. So we organized and optimized and checked all the boxes. We became very good at being very busy.
But in the quiet moments between tasks, I felt something missing. Not the missing of empty inboxes or completed lists. The missing of wonder. Of discovery. Of the slow, sacred act of paying attention.
So I
... See morethe way of the artist-entrepreneur — kening zhu
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
-Tolkien
