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Jason
Anyhow, the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I’m far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
The whole world is inside each person, each being, each object. To know any part of the world deeply, intimately, is to know the whole.
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
the key to living a life true to dharma is a complete understanding of and respect for doubt.
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Who has the right answers but I ignore because they’re not articulate?
What haven’t I experienced firsthand that leaves me naive to how something works? As Jeff Immelt said, “Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it.”
Which of my current views would I disagree with if I were born in a different country or generation?
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Iwakan is one of my favorite Japanese phrases. It consists of three Chinese characters, 違 ( i , meaning difference, deviation), 和 ( wa , meaning harmony, peace) and 感 ( kan , meaning feeling, sense), that together form a single word that loosely translates as a ‘sense of disharmony’. In daily interactions, I use the term casually when something... See more
Jack Ross • Disharmony as Intelligence - Tetragrammaton
“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,” said the old man, with a certain bitterness. “Maybe that’s why they give up on it so early, too. But that’s the way it is.” - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
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Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create.
Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
Navaltwitter.comA story I wrote on hating camping went viral over the weekend. A friend messaged me on Saturday night to say that it was an Apple News Editor's Pick, and then Suzie Loiselle emailed with the stats shown below. I was just interviewed by a Vancouver radio station about the piece. Was this the best story I've ever written? No. But it touched a nerve... See more