Mark Holden
@holden
Mark Holden
"Dreams are fun when they are distant. The imagination loves to play with possibilities when there is no risk of failure.
But when you find yourself on the verge of action, you pause. You can feel the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Thoughts swirl. Maybe this isn't the right time? Failure is possible now.
In that moment—in that short pause that... See more
But when you find yourself on the verge of action, you pause. You can feel the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Thoughts swirl. Maybe this isn't the right time? Failure is possible now.
In that moment—in that short pause that... See more
3-2-1: On living with lightness, the root cause of sin, and how to compete without losing yourself
Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage.
Rick Rubin
Extreme brainstorming questions to trigger new, better ideas
Jason Cohen • Extreme brainstorming questions to trigger new, better ideas
Prompts for creative thinking and idea generation
“We will be judged on how well we loved.”
Toni Morrison at the Hay festival
Lots of things are important. Countless problems need to be solved, people need to be connected, a living needs to be made.
Seth Godin
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not a virtue. It was a disguise.”
— Anaïs Nin
— Anaïs Nin
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o be a successful writer, you must have something to write about, and this is where many writers in almost every genre, both nonfiction and fiction, fall short. Many writers have limited education and experience, and they live mainly inside their own thoughts. Unfortunately, unless you are Buckminster Fuller or Stephen Hawking, your thoughts are of
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