Katharina Sommerkamp
@katsommerkamp
Katharina Sommerkamp
To echo Cassy Kazyrkov, former decision scientist at Google: “Today’s AI revolution isn’t an AI revolution at all. It’s a UX revolution.”
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“Forget about being a Writer. Follow the impulse to write. Let go of the thing that you’re trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb).”
Rob Henderson • On Writing
There are so many people who don’t know what they want. And I think that, in this world, that’s the only thing you have to know — exactly what you want. ... Doing what you were born to do ... That’s the way to be happy.
Maria Popova • Iconic Painter Agnes Martin on Art, Solitude, and the Secret of Happiness
Things that are most fulfilling are hard to start, easy to quit. Things that are least fulfilling are easy to start, hard to quit.
Every. Single. Time.
There’s something deeply satisfying about doing a great job, to the best of your ability. No matter whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, or at a hot startup, or massive company. Entry level or VP. The first recognition has to come from yourself.
"Everything you want is on the other side of 'worse first.' The first step toward change is often the hardest, but it’s essential to move forward."
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"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, because what the world needs most is for you to come alive."
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"Life is suffering, so figure out something worth suffering for. You're going to suffer either way; choose something meaningful."
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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”