Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
Beware of shadow careers . This idea comes from Steven Pressfield: “Sometimes, when we’re terrified of embracing our true calling, we’ll pursue a shadow calling instead. The shadow career is a metaphor for our real career. Its shape is similar, its contours feel tantalizingly the same. But a shadow career entails no real risk. If we fail at a... See more
Nat Eliason • 40 Lessons From 30 Years
28 Years Later trailer shows off some pretty slick iPhone 15 📱 cinematography🔥🧟♂️ https://t.co/xxVc3njib4
One Perfect Shotx.com“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
Homage to Catalonia
INTERVIEWER
Against whom were you measuring your work?
LE GUIN
Writers I’d have liked to be as good as, although not like ?
INTERVIEWER
Right.
LE GUIN
Charles Dickens. Jane Austen. And then, when I finally learned to read her, Virginia Woolf. Shoot for the top, always. You know you’ll never make it, but what’s the fun if you don’t shoot for the top?
Against whom were you measuring your work?
LE GUIN
Writers I’d have liked to be as good as, although not like ?
INTERVIEWER
Right.
LE GUIN
Charles Dickens. Jane Austen. And then, when I finally learned to read her, Virginia Woolf. Shoot for the top, always. You know you’ll never make it, but what’s the fun if you don’t shoot for the top?
John Wray • The Art of Fiction No. 221
Here's an upper bound: Do what you love doesn't mean, do what you would like to do most this second . Even Einstein probably had moments when he wanted to have a cup of coffee, but told himself he ought to finish what he was working on first.