Caroline Mays
@illemonati
Caroline Mays
Ironically, the people who create fulfilling lives and careers—the ones we respect, admire and try to emulate—choose an alternative path to success. They have a powerful sense of identity. They don’t worry about differentiating themselves from the competition or obsess about telling the right story. They tell the real story instead.
Bernadette Jiwa • Story Driven: You don't need to compete when you know who you are
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
— Annie Dillard, ’The Writing Life’, 1989
reflecting on how all my life it seemed like there was such a tremendous emphasis on the value of being cerebrally clever, and yet how all of the really wicked problems I’ve had + I’ve known people around me to have had, have come from incompetence with emotions, below the neck
Visakan Veerasamyx.comSinger and songwriter Kim Gordon on the power of going for it:
"People pay to see others believe in themselves."
Source: The Guardian
"People pay to see others believe in themselves."
Source: The Guardian
3-2-1: On the power of going for it, the value of sharing what you know, and how to figure out what you really want
How you introduce yourself could be a sacred distillation of your reality, talent, and deepest interest. Yep—all that in just a sentence or two.