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I’ve begun to realize (or perhaps remember) that I am my career. That the way I feel each day, the projects I decide to focus on, and the unique combi

"I will meet the person I could have been at the end of my life. The work of my life is to reduce the difference between that person and me as much as

Focus on how it feels to do something. When trying to find your path, follow what feels best. Whenever you find yourself making a pros and cons list,

"I will meet the person I could have been at the end of my life. The work of my life is to reduce the difference between that person and me as much as

Pay attention to people who are themselves voracious readers, and ask them what they read.

One of the first things I ask people is “what have you tried?” Would you be surprised to learn that most have tried nothing? - Paraphrased from a Twee

(A linked pair of writing dictums: “Don’t make things happen for no reason” and “Having made something happen, make it matter.”)

The temptation to do so cannot be overstated, but I must resist the invitation to fall in love with my own reflection on the page. I must also resist

Writing is selection. Just to start a piece of writing you have to choose one word and only one from more than a million in the language. Now keep goi

Szymon Kaliski — Tools for Novelty

“To be interesting, be interested.” ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

There are 1,002,632 residents in Austin. We just passed a million and are now the 12th most populous US city and the 5th largest in Texas.

Email UT professors, ask Faheem, put up fliers around town

Intention -> obstacle find Austin's most interesting resident -> but how? post Craigslist ad -> sketchy or no responses put fliers up, text friends,

Book Cover Archive

the best way to save an essay is to read it 🌻 Printernet is not about hoarding essays in a “read later” queue you’ll just be overwhelmed by. it’s abou

Printernet turns the best reading you find on the web into beautiful personal magazines. With Printernet you can: Save i

“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that

boredom is to creatives what cardio is to athletes

You do not have the context to appreciate those works. That is fine, but no reason to dismiss that which you do not understand. The better you under

What project would you be happy to devote 50 years of your life to, despite (or because of) it only being 10% done when you die? Ht @hannu @gwern and

Is there anything very different from what you are doing now that you thought about doing (or think about doing)?

How would I approach my work differently if focused on growth and engagement