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
“Great things can only be understood gradually. You don’t get anything great all at once.”
— Richard Rohr
describe the cosmic humor that's hidden in the problem you're currently struggling with
Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet
One of the best ways I’ve found to organize one’s thoughts about a huge swath of intellectual and creative space, is to write a syllabus
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing or rightdoing, there is a field, I'II meet you there."
— Rumi
I think what I enjoy most about listening is that I disappear.
Emergence Magazine • Emergence Magazine - Sanctuaries of Silence
The ultimate something out of nothing is grace. You receive it by being ready for such a world. Allowing such a world. Even expecting such a world.
Brene Brown • Brené with Father Richard Rohr on Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Unlearning Certainty, Part 1 of 2
Sorry (Not Sorry), Self-Promotion Doesn't Work
whatworks.fyi“Enshittification” of social media / new platforms in general. Things start really good, get mediocre or even straight-up bad, but rarely bad enough to leave (i.e. Airbnb, Instagram). Also! Respect the medium—make something for the medium, rather than repurpose.
Conceiving of something as a gift changes your relationship to it in a profound way, even though the physical makeup of the “thing” has not changed. A wooly knit hat that you purchase at the store will keep you warm regardless of its origin, but if it was hand knit by your favorite auntie, then you are in relationship to that “thing” in a very
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
The frontier between what you want out of the world and what the world wants out of you.