Kate Smalley
@katesmalley
Small Business Advisor & Educator.
Pursuing work that’s meaningful in a way that’s sustainable.
Exploring growth that centers play, possibility, care, and fullness.
Kate Smalley
katesmalley.com
"Let me start by stating something obvious: in the last decade, technology has transformed from a tool that we use to a place where we live. If we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places."
— Frank Chimero
I love the question @jordancooper asks founders- “if there were one thing i needed to understand to see as much value in your business as you do, what would it be and let’s talk about that.”
"Art happens between you and something—a subject, an idea, a technique—and both you and that something need to be free to move."
— David Bayles & Ted Orland, Art and Fear
In a rare 1988 interview, mythologist Joseph Campbell was asked "How would you advise somebody to tap into joy?"
In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing and beautiful answer I could have ever imagined: https://t.co/pmJk3qzmVu
Ashwin Sharmax.comLanguage is like the earth. It has a huge vitality.
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
"My being an artist is not a question of being able to make artwork. It is a question of my willingness to make something imperfect, or ugly, and how much resilience I have to face that reality repeatedly."
— Anna Fusco
"We cannot hurry the river."
— Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
describe the cosmic humor that's hidden in the problem you're currently struggling with