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This led to a broader discussion about artistic evolution and audience expectations. I referenced a Zadie Smith quote about how "We want our artists to remain as they were when we first loved them. But our artists want to move." The worst thing, Smith argues, is for an artist to exist as "a feature of someone else's epiphany."
The Wisdom of Dogs, Kids & Fairy Bread with Liana Finck
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
Gurwinder • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
Rituals are characterized by repetition. Repetition differs from routine in its capacity to create intensity.
Byung-Chul Han • The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
... See more“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To
It's a common misconception that burnouts come from hard work. Burnout comes from a felt loss of control and/or impact. Remember that you can burn out employees (or yourself) with little to no work.
Andreas Klinger • Managing people
Messages would “sound better” in print if they were designed for radio first. Yet we usually do the reverse. We work first in print and then in the broadcast media.
Jack Trout • Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Words are a lossy medium for describing rich, multidimensional ideas.