Isa
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Isa
Unfortunately, the work that most of us spend the bulk of our days on is not work that fills up our self-actualization tank. Mostly, we work at a job to make money so we can pay for a place to live and food to eat. We work to prove that we deserve to live.
Jenny Zhang • Labour of Love
Get off your ass and find a new job that’s more meaningful to you
The mind that isn’t fed intelligence is usually fed useless information. Your mind becomes disciplined or weaker by what you feed it every day. What you put in your mind should be congruent with your future vision if you want to turn aspirations into reality.
Peter Voogd • 6 Months to 6 Figures
The first moment of wakefulness is a fragile, almost holy state. It is the briefest instant in which you exist wholly outside the digital architecture of modern life, unburdened by messages, updates, or the slow, crawling terror of reality. And yet, before your consciousness fully assembles, the hand twitches. It knows where the phone is. It reache... See more
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Figuring out what you want is the central task of adulthood, and it’s not an easy one.
Once you leave formal schooling, you’re catapulted into a world with infinite possibilities. You no longer have to show up at school to avoid detention or ace tests to make your parents proud. You’re finally unshackled from the training wheels of life, and now you... See more
Once you leave formal schooling, you’re catapulted into a world with infinite possibilities. You no longer have to show up at school to avoid detention or ace tests to make your parents proud. You’re finally unshackled from the training wheels of life, and now you... See more
“What have I done in my life that I loved doing?” Instead of a million different options from out there, you’re suddenly left with a manageable handful of options from within your own experience. Instead of trying to hitch your star to an endless black hole of options, you hitch a ride on your rewarding past.
Jon Acuff • Quitter
Late bloomers spend a lot of time cultivating themselves. They often experience life as a long, organic process, where decisions emerge out of previous experience. They are always becoming themselves.
Henry Oliver • Second Act
in every domain, whether work, relationships, therapy, strategy, we need ai that isn’t just a polite yes man but a sharp, disagreeable force that pushes back.
growth comes from friction, not validation. ai should challenge you, question your assumptions, & force you to defend your choices. it would be infinitely more valuable than one that just n... See more