Katharina Sommerkamp
@katsommerkamp
Katharina Sommerkamp
What man actually needs is not some tension-less state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
Everyone in design circles loves to pontificate about taste, but it's always the people with portfolios that look like a Vegas casino who have the most to say. Taste is the emperor's new clothes of the creative industry, claimed by all, possessed by few, recognized only by those who already have it.
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Success is more than reaching our goals—it’s living our values. There’s no higher value than aspiring to be better tomorrow than we are today.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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.
Boundaries Scripts
That doesn’t work for me, but thank you for thinking of me!
I’ve share where I’m coming from, and I want to honor that without needing to explain further.
I’m going to sit this one out - I need a quiet night.
I understand that this might be hard to hear, but this is what I need.
I’m not available for that right now.
When you’re struggling to appreciate your progress, consider how your past self would view your current achievements. If you knew five years ago what you’d accomplish now, how proud would you have been?
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
someone who has low self-esteem is really a narcissist in disguise, because both share the obsession with the self, no matter if it’s awesome or awful.