Julian Paul
@julian
Rational optimist building internet things.
Julian Paul
julianpaul.me
“Better” is a journey, not a destination
A talented person can quickly become mediocre when you force them to be someone they aren’t.
When you choose whom to follow on Twitter, you’re choosing what types of mindsets and aesthetics to expose yourself to on a regular basis. You’re choosing what types of conversations to have. You’re choosing to be reminded regularly of certain things, and not of others. This is a kind of Programmable attention.
Programmable attention
One marker that I’m seeing someone clearly is when I understand how their strengths are also their weaknesses, how their genius lives right next to their dysfunction. I know that I’m further away from clarity when I am overly excited or overly skeptical.
grahamduncan.blog • What's Going on Here, With This Human? - Graham Duncan Blog
The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.