Hasitha Senevirathne

But the moment you begin to make something real, you kill the perfect version that lives in your mind.

Creation is not birth; it is murder. The murder of the impossible in service of the possible.

Most problems are solvable. But that doesn’t mean the solution will look like you hope it will; there will be trade offs. While Herzog made Signs of Life (1968), Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970), Fata Morgana (1971), Land of Silence and Darkness (1971), and Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), he had to live at home with his mom to afford making the... See more

Learning is not supposed to be fun. It doesn't have to be actively not fun either, but the primary feeling should be that of effort. It should look a lot less like that "10 minute full body" workout from your local digital media creator and a lot more like a serious session at the gym. You want the mental equivalent of sweating. It's not that the... See more

How many people achieve that -- finding the thing they love to do, and that they're good at, and then focusing on it? I suspect most entrepreneurs force themselves into roles they're just not right for because they want to be CEO.

Tragically, I think very few. The number of people who have successfully scaled a company from dream to post-IPO... See more

Most people think about their career as a ladder—one they climb rung-by-rung, entirely on their own. A better metaphor is to think of your career as an "escalator." Factors outside your own efforts can help carry you toward your goals—or work against you.

Career development feels much easier when you're working with the system. An escalator helps... See more

Rejection isn’t a verdict; it’s data. Use it.