Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
Do nothing for prestige or status or money or approval alone. As Paul Graham observed, “prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like.”
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I read that Willa Cather read a chapter of the Bible every day. I was really inspired, because I think her prose is so sturdy. I was, like, O.K., I’m going to read the Bible. I would read a chapter, and then I’d do my work. Gradually, I started to read the chapter and I realized that there were things I didn’t understand, and some of it was... See more
Michael Luo • What Min Jin Lee Wants Us to See
“You can either be judged because you created something or ignored because you left your greatness inside of you.”
James Clear • Haters and Critics: How to Deal with People Judging You and Your Work
I met many aspiring artists in my early 20s. Observing their trajectories since then, I've learned that long-shot careers in the arts (famous singer, actor, songwriter, filmmaker, etc.) are long shots not because success relies on wild luck or rare genius or insane connections. Success stories pretty reliably happen for people who combine three... See more
Tim Urbanx.com
My flow chart on the decision process I go through when deciding whether I want to do something. I’m making #dailyart https://t.co/rdkktjpYhb
My stories seem to be about me, but usually it’s when I feel love toward other people that the story comes. And just the joy of being alive. So [I can’t write] if I’m thinking about myself all the time. Say, about my backaches. I think it’s a very spiritual state. It’s almost like a religion. It sounds corny, but it’s like saying a prayer or... See more
Adrian Zupp • Lucia Berlin: Writing Advice and More in This Never-Before Published Interview
“Feel compliments as deeply as you feel insults.”