Katharina Sommerkamp
@katsommerkamp
Katharina Sommerkamp
“No.” is a complete sentence. —Unknown
if you could take a year off to work on something that probably wouldn't be important but would be really interesting, what would it be?
Paul Graham • The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
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.
Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
Glennon Doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
How can we position ourselves to create the best opportunities?
Lali Dangazele • Five Lessons on How to Thrive in a New Environment with Gary Stewart (FounderTribes)
The key question is not how long people have done a job. It’s how well they can learn to do a job.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
"Mastery is the best goal because the rich can’t buy it, the impatient can’t rush it, the privileged can’t inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery is the ultimate status." @sivers
George Macksubstack.comTaste is easily defined as the ability to discriminate between the valuable and the expandable. It’s another word for Good Judgment. When you decide whether to eat sushi or calamari for dinner, you're in fact erecting a hierarchy of value, and passing judgment according to said hierarchy. If you choose sushi, that is because you've deemed it best... See more
Alpha • On Founder Taste
someone can still matter to you, still be someone you root for, still be part of your story, without being someone you confide in daily. closeness isn’t the only measure of love. sometimes love becomes spacious.